There was a huge bond between Micko, his team the Heffo. I remember at Heffos funeral the church was thronged with former Kerry greats.
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That is correct.
I loved the old footage of the interviews over the bonnet of the car in Mick OāDwyers garage in Waterville. It reminded me of a time when the ābuild upā to an All Ireland would consist of a slot on Sport Stadium where Mick Dunne would be standing in a farmyard and two hurlers would roll in in a Datsun and be interviewed by Mick across the car with the sound of cows lowing in the background.
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Mick Dunne was a lovely man. Even if he was a Clonaslee man. A pioneer of GAA reporting.
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He went to Knockbeg, and worked in insurance. The reporting was a sideline for him. There used to be a place on DāOlier St called Dinty Moores which used to serve some of the cheapest food in Dublin. Mick had his lunch there every day.
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you get upwards of 100k when your wife dies tho from life insurance , id be off to bali if the kids were over 18 anyway
Iād say not many people in their 80ās are maintaining life insurance though
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Certainly thatās true in the case of my grandmothers. Just the 39 and 36 years for them after their husbands died.
Sad to see them go so quickly.
Women are far more resilient. Men are snowflakes.
Still though, just the 36/9 years. Too quick.
Itās sad really for Mickoās legacy that most people automatically think of a fat midget scoring a fluke of a goal.
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The first thing I think of is a demented man driving all over the country talking to himself
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you know what to do soā¦
tell us that yarn again about how you stop outside the door of your grandmotherās house on the way to midnight mass on christmas eveā¦ it was an enjoyable oneā¦
Twas. And the excellent All Ireland Day.
A few of their other productions here
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A great showing last night. He fairly shat all over Laois. Sowed it into them good and proper. A proper put down.
When Laois won Leinster in 2003, Croke Park went insane. Ian Fitz took the trophy from Leinster vice chair Liam O Neill, and well, we never thought weād see the day to be honest. Micko hung around for the speech, and the presentation, but once he got back down pitchside, he disappeared down the tunnel. Turned out after, he was found in a small room under the Cusack with a few stewards, drinking tae and eating a kitkat.
Job done.
Legend.
The great pity was, that Micko didnāt come to Laois 5 years earlier. The game was changing in '03, Tyrone were about to swarm Kerry and GAA would never be the same again. The game had changed man. Game had changed.
Laois had the talent, and they had it 5 years earlier too. What might have been.
Still, it was fucking great fun in the mid 00ās. Iād change nowt.
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