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John Leahy 1994
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Had Leahy a particularly good league campaign in 1994?
Didn’t he supposedly give an exibition in the final v Galway
I can’t remember really Chewy. Was that the day he mused on the suitability of the day for the hanging of a man?
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I can’t remember really Chewy. Was that the day he mused on the suitability of the day for the hanging of a man?
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No, that was the AI Semi in either 89 or 91
Name the five TDs to lift Sam Maguire.
dan spring and jimmy deenihan anyway
des foley; austin stack
…to lift it as captain I should have stressed Mullach. You’ve three right but Stack didn’t captain Kerry.
Sean Flangan of Mayo is another one.
You sure Stack didn’t captain Kerry, maybe Sam wasn’t the trophy back then.
Sorry you’re right he did captain Kerry (and was a TD obviously) but didn’t lift Sam obviously back in 1904.
Leahy did give a brilliant display in that league final by the way. Hurled all over the place.
Love hm or hate him, Leahy was a super hurler.End of.
Flanagan is another, you’re just missing one now.
Mick Donnellan captained the Galway footballers to victory over Cavan in the 1925 All Ireland Final (Played in 1926…Long story). Mick was elected a T.D for Galway West in 1943.
John Donnellan, son of Mick, lifted Sam for Galway following their victory over Kerry in the 1964 All Ireland, the first of Galways 3-in-a-row. His joy was short lived however when he was informed that his father had died watching the game in the Hogan Stand (The actual Hogan Stand…Not the licensed premises of the same name). John was elected to Dáil Éireann after a by-election was held following his fathers death in 1964. He is perhaps best remembered for informing his then Fine Gael Leader, Alan Dukes, that “If it was raining soup, you’d be out trying to catch it with a fork.” His career in politics came to an end shortly after.
In related trivia, Pat Donnellan, brother of John, was also a member of the Galway 3-in-a-row team, while Johns son, Michael, inspired Galways victory over Kildare, with a magnificent performance in the 1998 All Ireland Final. What a fucking legendary Gaa family…In fact, what a fucking legendary family full stop…Gáillimh Abú 
Oldest man to score a point in the All Ireland series?
GAA trivia question:
What was the last year in which the counties that contested the National Football League final (Division 2, 3 or 4 finals not counted) played each other again in that year’s championship?
Bonus point for the last time a county beaten in a National Football League final beat the same opponents in the championship in the same year.
Also:
In the last 30 years, ten National Hurling League final pairings have been repeated in the same year’s championship. Seven of those championship ties were won by the team which won the League final. Name the three exceptions.
Which Irish boxer lost his EBU title to Joey Gibilisco of Italy
Is it 2016, Sid?