A sub on the 91 team.
His nephew, of course, was MOTM
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Ah lovely. Nowt wrong with that. A mighty time for the family. Who was Greg belonging to?
Thereās a real royalty to Down football.
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I heard Paidi tell that story about himself and Tim Keneally in their bachelor days.
I donāt get it? 
Iād imagine that the cailĆni of the early 70s that those lads would have been familiar with had nothing but pristine white Alan Whickers. Black hadnāt arrived in Ireland then.
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My father and Tim were great friends. I think it was from their time working in Aughinish together. Both himself and my Dad were fond of the sup. Mick O Dwyer would let them have one pint with the dinner every evening, but no more and if you couldnāt keep a handle on it during championship, you werenāt fit to wear the Kerry jersey. Tim would swear that everytime heād chance a second pint regardless of where he was, Mick would know by the next morning and let him know.
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When I first started going to Forest games at the turn of the century, we used to stay in Don Massonās āGallery Hotelā near the City Ground. Don is a bit of a Notts County legend (voted their greatest player ever) so some of the lads would be ribbing him. On one occasion, one of the lads asked him āwhatās it like to miss a penalty in a World Cup?ā (Masson missed one for Scotland against Peru in ā78 WC). Don got thick and wanted to throw our lad out 
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Iāll add you to the friends of Askeaton newsletter
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Not sure if Tim actually worked there, but thatās how he usually knew anyone from Limerick or Kerry.
Did your auld lad work on the building of it or in the place itself
I do remember him telling me he was working there when it was announced Bobby Sands had died in ā81. A quick google indicates it was in the building phase then.
Zero ideas if Tim and Alan Kennelly were related, but believe he had a closer relationship with Alan. I met him by chance outside his pub in Ballylongford on a cycle in 2015 if memory serves me right.
Sounds like it was serious craic in the area around then. Fellas from all over the country boarding 4 abreast in every room in the area, and drinking the bollox out of it
You couldnāt get in the door of slas after 4 o clock
Chaotic. I remember him telling me the money they were making was otherworldly. Not sure how that was swung. I suspected for a while based on one of his colleagues on that job from West Belfast that the Provisionals had the hammer down on the place, but thatās mere speculation.
I think they needed so many bodies they had no choice but to pay to get them.
Isnāt there a mass grave of tools in askeaton? Must be worth a few pound now.
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That sounds a bit more plausible.
There were a fair few houses built back west from all the blocks that were robbed during construction.