Clodagh, wife of Martin Curran and devoted mother to Hannah; sister of Rosemary and Claire and brothers, Dermot and Alan, aunt to Adrian and Sarah, was taken from this world at the young age of 46 after a 16-month struggle with cancer which she fought with such dignity, positivity and determination.

Born into the Connors family in Bellard, Stradbally, Clodagh could not escape a life associated with horses. Her late father, Nicholas, bred and produced show hunters, a tradition carried on by his daughters. After Clodagh hurt her back in a fall, she took on the role of showing the young horses in-hand. As Dermot said in his beautiful eulogy, “Clodagh was the right height” for the job, showing horses off to their full potential and earning numerous wins. The highlight had to be winning the RDS Young Horse Supreme Champion with the three-year-old filly Woodfield Valier - the first time in history a filly won the supreme championship - who later went on to win the Ridden Horse Supreme Champion.