He was school mates with my father.
Joe’s father was the principal in the local school and he did spare the discipline on Joe either.
Mathias wasn’t it? A hardy man by all accounts.
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South Galway men of that generation were notoriously hardy. My own father, God be good to him, had no problem administering an occasional (deserved) ass whipping to me, and I don’t think he even regretted a second of it. In fact I am pretty sure if he had to do it all over, he would say he was too gentle with me. I have never laid a hand on my own kids, but suspect a bit of labane ash would have done them the power of good.
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I’d say he’d wear an ash plant off you today if he knew your views on the Church 
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I’ve a notion he was a Connemara man originally, but the point is true enough all the same
Oh don’t worry he knew those views well 
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Jesus, I have you now. Surname starting with C?
No sir. You’ll get it before long though.
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Ballindereen lads are sound auld stocks
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They’re sound but pure roaster. Marrying someome outside the parish is a rarity which has obvious repercussions.
In fairness to my own father he went to the next parish in an effort to ensure I had a decent distance between my 2 eye sockets… that and a lure of a farm of land of course.
Do you want to throw a ruler across the brow there @Raylan and give back us a quick metric?
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There’s plenty room between them thank God. My granny was born in Kinvara, where the Pier Head is now, so I’ve a bit of cosmopolitan notions in me as well.
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You have mighty pedigree.
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I read that there, and I found myself agreeing with you.
The camp seems nice and quiet.
Few injuries clearing up too.
I think that’s one of the best sporting clips of all time. I must have watched it a couple of thousand times over the years. so much going on in it. Iconic speech as gaelige. Magnificent rendition of an adapted TWA by a future GAA president. Fr Eamon Casey. A young Cyril Farrel. I paraphrase of the pope! M O Hehir chuckling in the background.
It not in that clip but Connolly says at one stage (apologies for shit spelling) something along lines of “ta daoine as gaillimh Agus beidh gliondaoir I do chroi” always struck me as just the absolute right thing to say. Id love to know how much preparation he had done for it.
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The Connolly’s are a rare breed. Some African slave ship definitely crashed off Connemara at some point.
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How are Kinvara going to cope the next day KP with Kilbeacanty’s relentless March through the Galway IHC?!!
Gambling addiction is the new depression.
Galway starting 15 named for Leinster hurling quarter final v’s Westmeath. Colm Callinan, Johnny Coen, John Hanbury, Fergal Moore, Padraig Mannion, Dathai Burke, Aidan Harte, David Burke (Captain), Davy Glennon, Shane Maloney, Joseph Cooney, Joe Canning, Conor Whelan, Cathal Mannion agus Jason Flynn.