Hardy Half Backs of yesteryear

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

He had a weekly column in the Sindo as well back then similar to the one Jamsie has now

[Bisto]

Did he disappear from both at same time?

[mick_jones]

@carryharry

…Doyle was the hurler.Finnerty had a bit of hurling with tonnes of brawn.Dunne, loads of ability but used his hurl to level lads & their skill set.Finnerty the pick of them for me. Doyle are really brilliant hurler underrated massively imo.

Thought he should’ve been HOTY in '95, in fairness Lohan was inspirational too

[mick_jones]

@Bisto

Foley of limerick deserves a mention here… He was hard as nails and dominated games when limerick were rank…

Ah stop

[Mac]

@Ralphie

Mitch Jordan got sent off later in the game and from memory that was on the softish side as well

And Tony Dempsey telling Mitch at half time, what to do in the 2nd half

[Ashman]

@Ralphie

Liam Dunnes brother Tomas was also very “hardy”.

Liam Dunne’s book was very good and in general GGA autobiographies aren’t much good .

[myboyblue]

@Bandage

Think Pat Ahern from Carlow was the linesman that ran in and recommended the pair of red cards.

Pat ‘Fishy’ Ahern

[myboyblue]

@Ashman

@Ralphie

Liam Dunnes brother Tomas was also very “hardy”.

Liam Dunne’s book was very good and in general GGA autobiographies aren’t much good .

I thought it was awful shite

[Ashman]

Vive la difference

[flattythehurdler]

@Bisto

Do you think o meara and dunne would be sent off for it nowadays? Probably would.

Yeah but look at the Banville incident more of the time. You had to bugger the bursar to get sent off back then.

[ironmoth]

Laochra Gael 2017 - 3 Pete Finnerty

[carryharry]

[Portumna_Bridge]

Finnerty was teak tough. Some player…

[kerry1891]

@carryharry

…Doyle was the hurler.Finnerty had a bit of hurling with tonnes of brawn.Dunne, loads of ability but used his hurl to level lads & their skill set.Finnerty the pick of them for me. Doyle are really brilliant hurler underrated massively imo.

@carryharry

Doyle was the hurler.

Finnerty had a bit of hurling with tonnes of brawn.

Dunne, loads of ability but used his hurl to level lads & their skill set.

Finnerty the pick of them for me. Doyle are really brilliant hurler underrated massively imo.

In terms of the thread title Finnerty as the hardiest I reckon. Doyle was the lowest profile of the 3 but I reckin the best all round player of the 3.

[kerry1891]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

He had a weekly column in the Sindo as well back then similar to the one Jamsie has now

I lost interest in his columns when there was one many blunders along the lines of mixing up David Kennedy and Michael Bonny Kennedy

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Doyle is had a convoluted enough career and if circumstances had broken another way he may well have missed the boat. He played a good bit in goal underage and was a lazy enough trainer by all accounts. Think he was the full back on the Clare juniors who won an A/I in 93 and finally got his chance in 94. From 95 to 99 he was consistently excellent, i don’t think he had a bad championship match in that time. He had some great tussles with John Leahy when they were both in their pomp neither gave an inch.

He used to be a hoor for putting on weight in the winter invariably would miles off the pace in league matches in the spring but would always be right by championship. He never had much pace but very seldom got caught for it either. The winters caught up with him though and in 2000 Brian O’Meara ran the legs off him and that was the end of him.

[Special_Olympiakos]

Doyle was mr dependable for that great clare team. Hard without being dirty.
Finnerty was an animal. Leahy hit him an awful stroke which John Denton let go and Pete just shook it off. Would get a 6 month ban for same strike today

[binkybarnes]

@myboyblue

Taylor

John Taylor was a great striker of the ball. I was young enough when I saw him play but he seemed to be able to hit it a mile

[myboyblue]

Ah he was a great hurler. A shoo in for an All Star in 86 but got a sending off and was ruled ineligible.