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I hear gary kirby lost an arm

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2808

And maybe also some verbal intimidation that was more prevalent back then.

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Ah please don’t be mean to me…you know what I meant. Back then lads just stood in their position & it was man to man unlike all the movement, zonal & systems shite these days.

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2810

Well we weren’t overly successful at the man to man (probably too nice) so God bless the zonal/systems shite

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2811

Was SON the fella who kept kicking the sliothar?

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That was the brother, Owen.

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Yes , socks up timber merchant in midfield

2814

Ah right. Hurl was only a hindrance to that fella

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2815

By God he could kick it though

2816

Unmarkable. Always wondered why more lads didn’t kick goals, impossible to mark. The forward bat action has negated it big time too.

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He destroyed Cork below in the Pairc one year and I’d say the ball barely touched his hurley. Strong as an ox, great paw, heart of a lion, zero hurling. Unreal effective.

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2818

He tried it on with George O’Connor before throw in at the '96 final and got his answer fairly lively.

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Yeah he ended up on the ground fairly comically alright; head wasn’t far from where O’Connor pulled

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The other O’Neill mentioned got a some batein in the Gaelic grounds in 1996, the day of Carey’s famous score .He went in on Davy once or twice and the Lohans bet him up on the way back out .brian particularity roughed him up a few times . He was gamey though and kept coming back for more.

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Laochra Gael with Terence ‘Sambo’ MvNaughton at the moment.

I saw it when it was originally broadcast.

The best one ever. Fantastic story of a brilliant player who is probably unknown to youngsters today due to him playing for Antrim.

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https://twitter.com/mlverney/status/1746873377258688557?t=KRGSxwz_YegcICWQlG9heQ&s=19

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2823

Fascinating insights? “Ya shure, ya know yourself”

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2824

Laohra Gael totally devalued itself as a programme when they did Ryan O Dwyer.

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2825

If I have trouble sleeping I’ll throw on the Pat Critchley one

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Eight outstanding Gaels. Eight remarkable personal stories. “Laochra Gael” is back on TG4 at 9.30pm on Thursday, January 25.

  • Programme 1: Richie Power, January 25
  • Programme 2: Tony Scullion February 1
  • Programme 3: Lindsay Peat, February 8
  • Programme 4: Tony Griffin, February 15
  • Programme 5: Alan Kerins, February 22
  • Programme 6: Pat Critchley, February 29
  • Programme 7: Ciara Gaynor, March 7
  • Programme 8: Kevin Hughes, March 14

Nice to see Critchley be recognised. Sadly there is a fair degree of tragedy in his story, even in recent years, but as a positive a human as you are ever likely to encounter. I believe he has turned this down a few times in the past.

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