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The Batafada band put on a good performance to win another All Ireland. History really repeated it self with the result a replica of 2012 when Longstone attempted to get back to back All Ireland’s but lost out to the Batafada band.<\/p>\n
Last year’s champions will rightly be upset after they put on an excellent performance and many neutrals didn’t agree with the result.<\/p>\n
Only the Batafada Bands took part in the parade they were the last band and entertained a large crowd of people at the gig rig for ten minutes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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