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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:38

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On 2 Jul 2018 17:59:02 GMT
ma...@mail.com wrote:

> The Gordon bennett one is on a circuit inside Co. Kildare, was on a while

	Woah there! From early childhood onwards I recall my father using
"Gordon Bennet" as a stand in for swearing without ever knowing who or what
it referred to from time to time over the decades I have asked people
(usually after hearing them use it as he did) without ever learning
anything. I even tried googling it once or twice, fruitlessly.

	For me this is a half century old minor mystery, thank you muchly
for mentioning it.

	So it was an early motor race run in Ireland, presumably named after
an early racer or race organiser ? Do you know more ?

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