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Mon 07 Jul 2007An Irishman's DiaryMaybe it all goes back to the horse-whisperer in the Hogan family of Ballindooley north of Galway city. It's said that one of the Hogans had a mesmeric talent for mysteriously communicating with horses, writes  John Hogan.All he had to do was lay his hands on an ailing equine to make it sound in wind and limb. From miles around, horse owners came to the Hogan farm for the horse whispering services.