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Mick was not forgotten either in his native
village of Killeigh. In the 1970s Danny Coughlan
wrote ‘The Ballad Of Mick The Miller’ (a copy
of which still hangs in the bar of the village
pub). In the 1980s Fr William Prendergast,
parish priest, wrote an article for the parish
newsletter on Mick`s life. It was based on an

interview with Mick`s handler Michael Greene.

14. Michael Tanner`s book was published by Highdown.

The Mick The Miller Commemoration
Committee was formed in Killeigh in
2008 to erect a monument to Mick.
The committee obtained funds mostly
via donations from local people and
businesses but also from the Irish
Greyhound Board. Artist Elizabeth
O`Kane was chosen to sculpt the
bronze life-size statue to sit on a

15. From The Offaly Topic newspaper article on plinth, made from stone from Mick`s
the monument unveiling ceremony. birthplace Millbrook House.

The monument was unveiled at a ceremony on 29th January 2011 by An
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Brian Cowen. Special guest was Dick
O`Sullivan, Chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board. Over 500 hundred people
from all over Ireland attended the event including descendants of Fr Brophy,
Mick Horan and Michael Greene. The statue has since proved to be a real
tourist attraction and has even brought visitors from England on several
occasions.

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greyhoundlegend, http://www.twitter.com/@_MickTheMiller or visit http://
www.mickthemiller.com.