Great piece
Dave Hannigan is top class.
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He never hurled much, did he?
Why?
Vaguely remember some story from years ago.
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He was decent as was his uncle
I rated Jbm a better footballer than hurler
And he was a Vg soccer player aswell
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Who did he play soccer with?
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JBM played a season with Cork Celtic while he was suspended from the GAA
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Cork Celtic
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Why was he suspended by the GAA?
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The Ban was in operation
Dunno
Think it was something to do with his greyhound racing/ training
And the feckin ga frowned upon one their own having the affront to play the foreign game
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He learned his lesson
The entire Cork football squad was suspended for wearing Adidas gear in a Munster final circa 1976/77. It was a beautiful kit truth be told.
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So is this the reason that I’m thinking his son Brian never bothered much with GAA?
That was my original question.
I’d say he was so good at soccer he didn’t have time for GAA
jBM doesn’t strike me as a fella who would have embedded a grudge like that down into his kids
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There was no suspension after the adidas affair, JBM played out the hurling season
I wonder what the 72 suspension was in relation to, he was famously a very clean player
He had been sent off in a club game and got a lengthy suspension don’t know what he actually did
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Banned from playing Football for Cork after they were out of the championship was a decent compromise 
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