Any interest in a greatest 1-15 of all time made up of players who never won a provincial title. I’m thinking stephen lucey, John galvin and gary Brennan.
Declan Browne, Mattie Forde and Kevin O’Brien would be in the mix in the forward line anyway.
- Brendan McVeigh
- Darren O’Hagan
- Barry Owens
- Kevin McCloy
- Kevin McKernan
- Chrissy McKaigue
- Sean Leo McGoldrick
- Martin McGrath
- Gearoid McKiernan
- Benny Coulter
- Rory Gallagher
- Danny Hughes
- Jamie Clarke
- Paddy Bradley
- Adrian Sweeney
Yet couldn’t make the team of the millennium.
Nonsense alright.
Tommy Murphy should be joint number 1 beside Jacko
Brehent was very defensive there in the Indo this morning. Borderline cuntish.
My old man reckoned philly grimes was one the best hurlers he ever saw…
Your old man was a good judge of a hurler.
An earlier incarnation of the 1989 semi final. Galway starting a row they couldn’t finish.
A mini-peek at the 1957 football final shows Paddy Harrington (father of Pawdrig) scoring a fine point. The only decent overhead catch of the day that I remember was made by the same Paddy although not shown on the reel.
More to follow.
I only found out today that the great John Joe Reilly died from a football related incident. I knew he died young but didn’t realise what happened.
I wonder if it was similar to Philly McGuinness?
Good players may come and good players may go.
But we’ll ne’er have another like the gallant John Joe