Tag: Jack O’Shea

  • Two greats bowing out with very different tales to tell

    Two greats bowing out with very different tales to tell

    Carlow’s Darragh Foley and James McCarthy of Dublin announced their respective inter county retirements on the same day a few weeks back. One of the national papers carried a piece in the days which followed lamenting how – understandably but nevertheless unfortunately – for one individual, media outlets were festooned with pages of coverage while…

  • Assuming the limelight in the afterglow of Brady’s brilliance

    Assuming the limelight in the afterglow of Brady’s brilliance

    Whether Colm O’Rourke made a formal announcement regarding his retirement from inter county GAA cannot be recalled. There was definitely activity in the media the following year when rumours of a comeback began to swirl. Either way, feelings in this seat were of tremendous sadness. An era was ending. Of course, the disappointment from a…