Mick The Miller was the first star of greyhound racing .

He was born in the village of Killeigh, in County Offaly, Ireland on Tuesday 29th June 1926 in the kennels at Millbrook House. He was bred by Fr Martin Brophy, the parish curate and reared by Michael Greene.
He went on to win 15 out of 20 races in Ireland.

Fr Brophy then sold him and he lived the rest of his life in Britain, where he went on to win 36 of 48 races, including the Greyhound St Leger, the Cesarewitch, the Welsh Greyhound Derby and the English Greyhound Derby twice (the first dog to do so and one of only four ever to achieve this feat).

On 29th January 2011 a fabulous sculpture of Mick (created by Elizabeth O`Kane) was unveiled on the village green in Killeigh by An Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen.  A crowd of over 400 people from Killeigh and all over Ireland attended the ceremony.

You can view a video of Elizabeth`s work put together by the Millcove Gallery on Youtube.

For more on unveiling ceremony ;      

 


See pics of visitors to monument;

If anyone has any information, memorablia or stories that they would like to offer or if you have any questions about Mick The Miller we would be delighted to hear from you. You may contact us or any member of the committee at;

                                       history@mickthemiller.com