Limerick hurling captain’s shop sells €4 million Lotto winning ticket

The captain of the Limerick senior hurling team is celebrating a victory of sorts after his shop in Ballingarry sold the winning ticket for a €4 million National Lottery jackpot.

Donal O’Grady, manager of O’Grady’s Spar and Topaz, says he was shocked when Lotto headquarters contacted him after Saturday’s draw to tell him his shop had sold the winning ticket.

“Ireland is a small country but Ballingarry is a small dot on that. It’s great for the locality and it’s great for rural Ireland,” said Mr O’Grady, who took over managing the shop from his parents in 2012.

“There’s great excitement, everyone is coming in checking tickets just to be sure. We’ve never had one before. Please God it was someone local but we have a lot of passing trade too.”