Limerick hurling captain Donal O'Grady has confirmed that he sold the winning €3.8 million National Lottery ticket at his shop in Ballingarry.

The 2013 Munster SHC winning skipper, who manages O'Grady's Spar and Topaz, was contacted by lotto headquarters after last night's draw on RTE1 television to tell him his shop had sold the lucky numbers.

"The ticket came out of our machine. It's great," he explained to the Irish Daily Mirror.

"The lottery rep rang me around half past ten last night to tell me the ticket was sold in our Spar in Ballingarry… They said: 'We've a bit of great news'.

"I was shocked. I didn't believe it for a second. Ireland is a small country but Ballingarry is a small dot on that. It's great for the locality and it's great for rural Ireland."

He continued: "There's great excitement. Everyone is coming in checking tickets just to be sure.

"Nobody has come forward as far as we're aware. The winner will probably sit down for 24 hours and think what they are going to do."

"We've never had one (a winning lotto ticket) before. Please God it was someone local but we have a lot of passing trade too. News might break tomorrow on who won, but as we stand - we don't know."

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