It is the Irish equivalent of the Grand National, and it is held during Fairyhouse's Easter Festival meeting.
The event was established in 1870, and the inaugural running was won by a horse called Sir Robert Peel.
In the early part of its history it was often won by horses trained at the Curragh, and there were ten such winners by 1882.
The Easter Monday fixture regularly attracted racegoers from Dublin, and it became known as the Dubs' Day Out.
[1] Several winners of the Irish Grand National have also won its English counterpart at Aintree, but none in the same year.