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LUCK OF THE IRISH AS KEV WINS A MILLION!

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By Dan Barnes

JACKPOT: Kevin O’Connor

JUST call it the luck of the Irish, but Preston’s Kevin O’Connor is counting his blessings after snaffling a €1 million lottery prize.
On New Year’s Eve, the 22-year-old left-back won the Irish National Lottery Christmas Millionaire Raffle. He cashed in a ticket bought by uncle and godfather Peadar Murphy and collected his hearty winnings at Dublin’s National Lottery offices on Tuesday. O’Connor, who joined the Lilywhites from Cork City last summer for an undisclosed fee, says his mother Breda sug...

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