He did more for tourism in Mayo than any amount of gombeen politicians from there. He had a house outside of Ballina and always referenced fishing on the Moy there in interviews he did.
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Did he still own the Harry Ramsdens in Dublin I wonder?
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Ah jaysus. RIP.
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Like many on here Jack was a huge part of my childhood,he gave us some of the best days of our young lives.Seemed like a proper gentleman.
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Yes. Kennedy O’Briens in Limerick had one
A lot less cranky as well, despite being a notoriously cranky man
Jack drank Monaghan Champion Milk.
That’s just my internet persona. Yours is hardly real is it?
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That was such a talented Ireland team.
Moran, McGrath, Whelan, Houghton, Staunton, Sheedy, Aldridge, Stapleton, Lawrenson.
Will never have a team like that again.
It would bean me did thing for a middle aged chap like me to be worrying about an ‘internet persona’
Ok guys. No sniping on this thread
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RIP Big Jack
Wonder how long before we see a few contrarian hot takes
Good article out there from Miguel about his tactics Jonathan Wilson has a good tweet too
He did the punditry on a Celtic Huns game in the early 90s. Really good analysis of the game
Have a watch
Why did Jack and Bobby not speak? (apart from Bobby just being a general bit of a dick)
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Fishing, Football, Fun. No fuss. Few pints. There are worse ways to live a life.
Put em under pressure Big man
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Bobby Charlton fell out with jack over his wife. She didn’t pull with their mum. Lads should really get some facts right before posting things.
I thought they had patched it up in recent years?
Sir Bobby always seemed a bit odd and a bit off, which is probably understandable after what he went through at such a young age in the Munich air crash. I can hazily recall Jack once when asked about it, in a newspaper piece saying that he didn’t really know what it was about that Sir Bobby just stopped talking to him.
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Italia 90 was the first tournament I really remember. There was parties in our estate for all the kids. Everyone was wearing green.
I remember crying pretty hard when Italy bate us because there’d be no more parties
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