Poor game. Same failings from Turlough. Youâd feel for Daithi carrying them. Eanna Burke lucky to be on the pitch. Toms with the nuts, Turlough the monkeys.
Fintan loves a county final. Delighted for the Turlougheen bastards.
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There was shades of Cashel and Turlough at Seapoint at the end of 
Turlough persisted going long into their big Waterford target man, Phelan, and Fintan absolutely cleaned him out under the high ball. And the low ball too.
Was still there for Turlough in the final 10 minutes but they missed their chances while Eanna Burke and Conor Cooney nailed theirs.
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One of the all time greats
RIP
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I played that for the oul fella there, heâs three odd weeks off a knee replacement and heâs going up to the funeral, doctors bedamned 
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Thatâs the oul stock for you. Heâll be on his feet a while.
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Superb
My grandfather played with him.
Speaking to any Galway auld stock and theyâd tell ya how good he was.
He was a great age. Bed of heaven to him.
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We would like to extend our most sincere condolences to the Leydon family, following the passing of SĂ©amus last night at the age of 81 in his adopted home of Naas, Co Kildare.
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SĂ©amus Leydon - âThe Dunmore Dynamoâ
All-Star winner - 1971
SĂ©amus Leydon was a vital part of Galwayâs great âThree In A Rowâ side of the Mid 60âs. The âDunmore Dynamoâ was the scourge of half back lines up and down the country for a decade, a free running, exciting performer, with a blend of blistering speed & fancy footwork.
The groundwork for SĂ©amusâ outstanding career was laid from an early stage. He attended the great footballing college, St. Jarlathâs College of Tuam. In 1960, the Dunmore man helped St. Jarlathâs to an All-Ireland Colleges Championship. That same year Leydon was also in the Galway Minor team, which convincingly won the All-Ireland title, winning the Connacht final against Roscommon by 20 points and then overwhelming Cork in the All-Ireland final, 4-09 to 1-05.
His first Connacht Senior medal came in â63 when Galway hammered Leitrim by 14 points in the final. They then accounted for Kerry in the All-Ireland semi final by four points. They lost to Dublin in the final but the big breakthrough came the next year when Kerry were toppled by the Connacht champions in the final, with SĂ©amus marking Denis OâSullivan, one of many formidable wing backs he came up against in his time.
Further success was to follow for the Tribesmen when Enda Colleran captained them to another victory over Kerry in the â65 final and a six point win in the decider against Meath the following September. That victory ensured a memorable âThree In A Rowâ for Galway.
SĂ©amus featured in the 1971 All-Ireland SFC Final against Offaly.
Leydon scored 2-03 of Galwayâs total of 2-08 in the final.
He would finish with a tally of 4-19 in the 1971 Championship.
Leydon received an All-Star at the inaugural awards ceremony that year.
The Dunmore man quit the intercounty scene in 1972 when his job with Cantrell and Cochrane forced him to move to Cork to take up a position as regional manager for Munster. After having won five Galway Championships with Dunmore MacHales GAA, he started playing for Nemo Rangers in Cork. Seamus won two Cork SFC titles & two Munster Club SFC titles with Nemo Rangers & appeared in one All-Ireland Club SFC Final (1975) when they were beaten by two points by a very strong UCD side.
In 1999, Seamus was voted on the Galway âTeam Of The Millenniumâ.
Leydon finished his career with an impressive roll of honour:
Intercounty honours
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3 All-Ireland SFC medals (1964, 1965, 1966)
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7 Connacht SFC medals (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971)
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1 National Football League medal (1965)
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2 Railway Cup medals with Connacht (1967, 1969)
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1 All-Ireland MFC medal (1960)
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2 Connacht MFC medals (1959, 1960)
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1 All-Ireland Colleges Championship medal (1960)
Club honours
Dunmore MacHales
- 5 Galway SFC medals
(1961, 1963, 1966, 1968 (as captain), 1969)
- 5 Galway senior league medals
Nemo Rangers
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2 Cork SFC medals (1972, 1974)
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2 Munster Club SFC medals (1972, 1974)
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Galway three-in-a-row star SĂ©amus Leydon dies, aged 81
Dunmore MacHales native was left corner forward on the first ever All Star team in 1971
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John Fallon
Wed Nov 1 2023 - 13:05
The death has taken place of Galway All-Ireland three-in-a-row star SĂ©amus Leydon, aged 81.
The Dunmore MacHales native was left corner forward on the first ever All Star team in 1971.
By then he had won three All-Ireland senior medals, starting in each of the finals as Galway defeated Kerry in 1964 and â65 and Meath in â66.
Renowned for his long solo runs and drop-kicks, he became known as âThe Dunmore Dynamoâ after emerging from the famed St Jarlathâs College in Tuam with a Hogan Cup medal in 1960 when they defeated St Finianâs of Mullingar in the final.
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Later that year, along with future three-in-a-row colleagues Enda Colleran, Johnny Geraghty and Pat Donnellan, he played a key role as they defeated Cork in the All-Ireland minor final.
He made his senior debut the following year and went on to play in five All-Ireland senior finals, losing to Dublin in 1964 and Offaly in â71 in between the three-in-a-row success.
Leydon won seven Connacht senior medals and a league title and went on to capture five Galway crowns with his native Dunmore in 1961, â63, â66, â68 (when he was captain) and â69.
He played for Connacht from 1964 to â72, winning Railway Cup medals in â67 and â69.
Leydonâs intercounty career ended when he moved to Cork to take up a regional managerâs job with drinks company Cantrell and Cochrane, but a new chapter in his football life emerged when he joined Nemo Rangers.
He went on to win Cork SFC and Munster crowns with Nemo in â74 and â75 before he moved to Dublin.
The 81-year old died in his adopted Kildare and he is survived by his wife Angela, daughter Cliona and son Barry.
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Mikeys and Spidéal bid a fond farewell to senior
Monivea Abbey are back to senior! Some showing with no McDaid.
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Entertaining final. Especially the second half.
They can just apply to have it regraded senior C
Hard to feel sympathy for Michaels with their fuckacting and appeals
Moycullen buying that Biffo blow-in off that was supposedly living near Rahoon cemetery is a fair gripe thatâs forgotten after that whinging over the relegation. They should never be losing to Naomh Anna anyways so let them off in intermediate.
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Michaels are a decent sized city club arenât they?
Youâd think Spideal would be benefiting from their population rise also or has if extended past Maigh Cullain?