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Kildare middlemen bringing horse over for Irish writer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

keegan

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'irish writer' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'kildare middlemen bringing horse over' is the wordplay.
'kildare middlemen' becomes 'kee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bringing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'horse' becomes 'nag' (term for an old horse).
'over' is a reversal indicator.
'nag' reversed gives 'gan'.
'kee'+'gan'='KEEGAN'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for keegan that I've seen before include "Kevin --, footballer" , "Former footballer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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