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Bidding farwell to a purist

The late Jim Holden.
Tuesday February 23 2010
THE OLD man sat at the bar and, as many old men do, looked comfortable and content sipping a creamy pint of Guinness. Finnegan's busy pub on Carlow's Potato Market was crowded, many punters having made their way down from a big match in Dr Cullen Park.