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Mon 05 May 2007Harrington ends the droughtGolf/ Irish Open:Finally, belatedly, the demons of a quarter of a century of golfing frustration have been banished. But, in typical Padraig Harrington fashion, he did it the hard way.There wasn't a still heart in the vast expanse of Adare Manor yesterday as the Dubliner eventually captured the Irish Open title in a play-off, outlasting a stubborn Bradley Dredge - cast in the role of spoilsport - at the first extra hole.