Figure of a horseman, 13th century. IT MAY not look much, but this damaged figure of a horse and rider, found in 1844 at Knockmannan Hill near Kinnity, Co Offaly, tells an important story.

Michael Pedersen who killed his two children, Ben and Freya, before committing suicide was the rider of Sefton, the Household Cavalry horse blown up by the IRA, it has emerged.