Plates

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1. Looking every inch the rugby star in This Sporting Life. (Courtesy of The Rank Organisation)

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2. With Rachael Roberts in This Sporting Life. (Courtesy of The Rank Organisation)

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3. Harris in Major Dundee. (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures)

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4. With Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot. (Courtesy of Warner Bros/Seven Arts)

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5. A Tramp Shining established Harris as a major recording artist. (Courtesy of Dunhill Records)

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6. In his beloved Kilkee, Richard Harris is remembered as a racquet ball champion. (Courtesy of Tim Mason)

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7. Richard Harris speaking out in support of a new university for Limerick in 1968. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)

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8. Harris liked to support his native Limerick, putting his weight behind the campaign for a new university. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)

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9. Playing the English aristocrat John Morgan in A Man Called Horse. (Courtesy of Cinema Center Films/CBS)

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10. As the bomb-disposal expert in Juggernaut. (Courtesy of United Artists)

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11. Harris as The Bull McCabe in The Field, for which he received an Oscar nomination. (Courtesy of Granada Films/Noel Pearson)

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12. Limerick icons – Harris with socialist firebrand and mayor, Jim Kemmy. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)

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13. Harris was a familiar figure to Limerick rugby fans; he is seen here making his way in to watch his beloved Munster. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)

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14. Harris with pal Russell Crowe on Gladiator. (Courtesy of DreamWorks/MCA Universal Pictures)

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15. Harris brought gravitas to the role of the emperor in Gladiator. (Courtesy of DreamWorks/MCA Universal Pictures)

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16. As Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, his final great role. (Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures)

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17. Richard Harris, ageing disgracefully, in Limerick near the end of his life. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)