The parade went through Queen Street, Caroline Street, Adare Street and Wyndham Street before ending at Bridgend Recreation Centre.

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The Irish Open was staged at Adare Manor for the last two years, with England's Richard Finch winning in 2008.

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The officer was shot down by republicans during a botched post office raid in Adare, Co Limerick, in June 1996.

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And he then followed that up by taking the Irish Open at Adare Manor six months later, providing one of the more enduring images of the golfing calendar by treating himself to a leap in the river by way of celebration.

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