Tag: All Ireland SFC 2001

  • Paul Clancy Galway – RIP

    Paul Clancy Galway – RIP

    Whoever said you should never meet your heroes can go and do one. When those once admired from afar become friends is one of the most special things which can occur in a life. I’ve been blessed to have had that experience with generations of Meath footballers. Going all the way back to 1939 captain…

  • Humble Messiah O’Mahony’s  greatness lay in his quiet approach

    Humble Messiah O’Mahony’s  greatness lay in his quiet approach

    Joe Brolly tells a story about  the late former Derry manager Eamonn Coleman pulling a newspaper cutting out of his back pocket minutes before the team were due to take the field for a crunch Ulster SFC encounter. The cutting was an ‘article’ in which a player – possibly Tony Scullion but I can’t swear…