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The mystery winner of half of last Saturday night's Jackpot, who bought his ticket in Donegal, has claimed his prize of €2,266,323.
He called into the National Lottery offices in Dublin today, one day after the winners, two members of a family from Kerry, claimed their half of the €4.5 million jackpot.
Today’s winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, was visiting Donegal to attend a wedding on Saturday and bought a Quick Pick Lotto ticket at Centra Foodmarket in Carrigart.
He described how it feels to have struck it lucky. "“It surreal, like I’m in a dream. Crazy…but a good crazy!
"I checked my ticket on Sunday after the news went around the wedding the night before that a winning ticket was sold in the shop. I couldn’t believe it when I saw I had the winning numbers. I kept checking the ticket. I rang my girlfriend and then my sister to share the news.”
He has fairly modest plans for celebrating: “It will make life more comfortable but I’ll keep my feet on the ground, and think about my future. I’ll buy a new car – that will be my first big purchase. It’s amazing to win,”he said.
Since Lotto began, over €113 million in jackpot and top prizes has been won by players in Donegal. The biggest jackpot winning ticket sold in Donegal was for €12.1 million. It was bought in American House in Bundoran in June 2014.
This is the second Lotto jackpot prize to be sold in Centra Foodmarket in Carrigart. They previously sold a ticket worth €450,000 in November in November 2005.
Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonised along with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati tomorrow. Photo: Raphoe Diocese Facebook
Members of the Inishowen Palestine Solidarity Campaign are among those who will take part in the Long March for Gaza on September 13, with the public urged to join in.
The open competition is welcoming both ladies and gents, with entry priced at €20 per person
Caithorleach of Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District, Ciaran Brogan, cutting the ribbon at the event
The ESB is working to remove a pole at the bottom of Convent Road
R. Mc Cullagh Jewellers on Letterkenny Main Street
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