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27-09-2024 LOTTO 5.5M winning ticket sold in Mace Shop, Kildimo, Co Limerick. Jim and Carol Mulcair and thrir daughter Elaine shop owners celebrate with staff and Simon Reenan from the National Lottery. Picture: Mac Innes Photography / Keith Wiseman 27-09-2024 LOTTO 5.5M winning ticket sold in Mace Shop, Kildimo, Co Limerick. Jim and Carol Mulcair and thrir daughter Elaine shop owners celebrate with staff and Simon Reenan from the National Lottery. Picture: Mac Innes Photography / Keith Wiseman

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Lotto 5.5M winning ticket sold in Mace Shop, Kildimo, Co Limerick. Jim and Carol Mulcair and thrir daughter Elaine shop owners celebrate with staff and Simon Reenan from the National Lottery. Picture: Mac Innes Photography / Keith Wiseman

Excitement swept through Kildimo as the Limerick town’s Mace was revealed as seller of a more than €5.5 million Lotto Jackpot ticket

The store owners said it was “a lovely phone call to get”. Picture: Mac Innes Photography / Keith Wiseman

A wave of excitement has swept through Kildimo, Co. Limerick, as Mace has been revealed as the store that sold Wednesday’s (25th September) winning Lotto Jackpot ticket worth an incredible €5,501,086.

This win makes the Limerick player the 26th National Lottery millionaire of 2024!

Store owner Carol Mulcair expressed her joy after receiving the news that her shop sold the winning ticket, “What a lovely phone call to get! I’m absolutely delighted. We’ve had a couple of small wins over the years but nothing of this size! It’s great for the area and will definitely create a buzz around the place.


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“The staff are thrilled too. We’re a very rural, local shop with the same people coming in every day, so I hope it’s one of them. Whoever it is, we’re absolutely delighted for them!”

Excitement swept through Kildimo as the Limerick town's Mace was revealed as seller of a more than €5.5 million Lotto Jackpot ticket
This win makes the Limerick player the 26th National Lottery millionaire of 2024. Picture: Mac Innes Photography / Keith Wiseman

The Limerick winner becomes the 7th Lotto Jackpot winner of 2024, joining the ranks of six other big winners from across the country, including Dublin (4), Louth, and another Limerick victor earlier this year.

This latest win also makes the Limerick player the 26th National Lottery millionaire of 2024.

The National Lottery has also confirmed that the Limerick winner has made contact, and arrangements are being made for them to collect their prize.

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