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Dolores McNamara (born January 13, 1960 in Blackpool, England) is the largest individual prizewinner in European lottery history. On July 31, 2005, her €2 quick-pick ticket for the transnational EuroMillions lottery matched the game's five winning numbers 3, 19, 26, 49, and 50, as well as the two "lucky stars" 4 and 5, winning her a nine-week rollover jackpot of €115,436,126 and making her the Republic of Ireland's 72nd richest person.[1] McNamara had purchased her ticket at a convenience store near her home in the Limerick suburb of Garryowen, and claimed her record-breaking prize at the Irish National Lottery headquarters in Dublin on August 4, 2005. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Two weeks before her lottery win, McNamara and her husband had been close to the scene of the PKK bomb attack in Kuşadası, Turkey that killed five people, including 23-year-old British woman Helen Bennett and 17-year-old Irish schoolgirl Tara Whelan. The McNamaras have owned a holiday home in Kuşadası since 2002.[2] The Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan (Kadek), formerly known as the Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK ) was one of several militant groups fighting for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in southern Turkey, northern Iraq, Northern Syria and western Iran. ...
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Tara Whelan Tara Whelan (Irish: Tara Ó Faoiliain) was a 17-year-old Irish student who was killed along with four other civillians, three Turks and a Briton, in a terrorist attack in July 2005, while on holiday in the Turkish resort of Kusadasi. ...
Background and Family
The EuroMillions winner was born in the English seaside resort town of Blackpool in January 1960 while her father, Desmond O'Donovan, an emigrant tailor from Limerick, was working at a local hotel. The O'Donovan family returned later that year to Limerick, where Dolores's sister Deirdre was born in July 1961.[3] It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ...
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On June 4, 1977, 17-year-old Dolores O'Donovan married 27-year-old local bricklayer Adrian McNamara. The McNamaras have six children: Dawn (b. 1977), Gary (b. 1979), Kim (b. 1983), Kevanne (b. 1985), Dean (b. 1990), and Lee (b. 1992). The couple also have four grandchildren.[4] is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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At the time McNamara won EuroMillions, her husband was recovering from coronary artery bypass surgery while she herself was working as a part-time cleaning lady at Limerick Youth Centre, having recently left her job on a pharmaceutical factory production line.[5] Early in a coronary artery bypass surgery during vein harvesting from the legs (left of image) and the establishment of bypass (placement of the aortic cannula) (bottom of image). ...
Media controversies Following McNamara's win, the media made much of the fact that her nephew Anthony "Noddy" McCarthy, son of her younger sister Deirdre, is one of five men convicted of one of Ireland's most notorious gangland slayings, the January 29, 2002 torture and murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane. McCarthy is now serving a sentence of life imprisonment in Dublin's Wheatfield prison.[6] is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In December 2005, newspapers reported that An Garda Síochána had questioned McNamara's eldest son Gary in relation to an alleged assault on the late crime boss's son, Kieran Keane, Jr., then aged 15. The authorities released Gary McNamara without charge after he claimed he acted in self-defense amidst a fracas involving Keane, Jr., and three other men.[7] Gary McNamara had previously been convicted of assaulting a 70-year-old garage owner.[8] A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda SÃochána. ...
The media also published details from McNamara's social welfare records to allege that the lottery winner had previously committed welfare fraud by claiming unemployment benefits while she was working. When officials at the Department of Social and Family Affairs investigated the source of these leaks, they discovered that at least 72 civil servants[citation needed] had illicitly accessed McNamara's electronic welfare records in the days following her EuroMillions win.[9] The civil servants received formal reprimands.[citation needed][citation needed] Welfare fraud refers to various intentional misuses of state welfare systems by witholding information or giving false or inaccurate information. ...
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Life after EuroMillions When McNamara claimed her winnings, she issued a statement through her solicitor to say that "Dolores has lived a very happy and contented life among her family, friends and neighbours and it is her sincere desire that she and her family will return to normality as soon as possible. She is absolutely determined that her feet and the feet of her family will remain firmly on the ground."[10] McNamara has continued to keep a low profile since her win, and has rarely spoken directly to the media.
Following the advice of National Lottery officials, McNamara locked most of her EuroMillions winnings away in an "untouchable" deposit account for the first six months[citation needed]. For nine months after her win, she continued to live in her modest Limerick bungalow. Her mother Betty O'Donovan passed away in October 2005 after a long battle with cancer, and in April 2006, McNamara, her husband, and her two youngest sons moved to a new home at Lough Derg Hall, near the village of Killaloe, County Clare. The EuroMillions winner paid €1.7 million for the 6,000-square-foot hilltop home, which comes with six ensuite bedrooms and an indoor swimming pool.[11] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...
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The McNamara family has been plagued by threats of abduction since the windfall. McNamara's son Gary was forced to leave his Limerick home with his girlfriend and child after police informed him that a criminal gang planned to abduct them and hold them for ransom. McNamara's children have all been equipped with personal alarms, and the family's new home has been fitted with a major security system for their protection.[12]
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