What are the best GAA Stories?

Tomthepost

Joe McNally asking Paidi whether he came up to Dublin on the bus or the train. Paidi shouldering Joe into the hoarding boards as the first ball came their way. Joe picking himself up baffled and Paidi asking Joe 'What were you hit by there, a bus or a train?'
What are the best stories out there???

gucci

i find laughing and winding up at a fat old git who used to be good but is now a spiteful synical fouling moany fecker always creates a few great yarns to tell after a junior B match!!haha il never be old......!!

Tomthepost

Yeah. I used to laugh at those guys when I was a young lad but unfortunately as I have found out 'mocking is catching'
I started playing division 5 senior football in kerry when I was 16. One game I was playing corner forward and marking a guy in his 30s with a generous beer belly. Having established fairly quickly that I was a bit fast for him he committed a rather cynical foul leaving me sprlawing to the grass.
A current TD (who shall we say has served his time) was playing full forward for my team. After the foul was committed he approached the corner back and simply said 'Now you won't do that again'
I finished with 1-3 for my days work. The corner back was taken off shortly after half-time.

vandermeyde

Just to continue on that theme!

My grandfather played midfield with Listowel alongside the late great John B. Keane...anyway, he was in his late twenties and was starting to lose the edge he had, came up against this young buck who was fitter & faster...my grandfather used all his "experience" i.e. fouled, dragged, nudged this young fella the whole game and actually kept him quite quiet in the match itself...

at the end of the game the young fella turned around and said something along the lines of "your too fcuking old for this game, you should pack it in"...my grandfather replied "you're dead fcuking right" and retired on the spot...never played football again

johnnyrotten123

Heard this story from back home a while back...made me laugh anyway!

This young lad was making his debut in a Junior B hurling game. Full of enthusiasm, he sprinted across the pitch to his marker, new gloves, cycling shorts, spotless togs, the works. He came bounding up to the man he was to mark, Paddy Hannon, a huge tank of a man of about 42, seen it all and had the face to prove it. Just before the whistle, the ref blew for a minute's silence.
Confused, the young lad asked Paddy who the minute's silence was for. Paddy turned around, rolled up the sleeves and answered: "It's for you, me good man!"

Mr. Incognito

The Kerry team that came up on the train (The team of bachelors) were walking down the platform. The RTE correspondence mistaking them for the minors asked them where the senior team was.

Green Giant

Kerry team of the late 70s went to Australia on holiday. Some players complained bitterly about the extreme cold in their rooms and insisted that the radiators didn't work. They brought this to the attention of the hotel manager, who went to their room in an attempt to solve the problem. It didn't take him long...
"Lads, did you try turning it on at all?"

Tomthepost

I saw this on overheardincork.com
Basically a young lad was playing his first game as wing forward for some junior team down in Cork. Everytime he got the ball his team-mates called out Chilli.
A few old lads were on the sideline and one asked to other 'Who is that Chilli fella'?
To which the other chap replied ' Thats Con Kearney's young lad'

gucci

Tomthepost wrote: »

I saw this on overheardincork.com
Basically a young lad was playing his first game as wing forward for some junior team down in Cork. Everytime he got the ball his team-mates called out Chilli.
A few old lads were on the sideline and one asked to other 'Who is that Chilli fella'?
To which the other chap replied ' Thats Con Kearney's young lad'

ahhh thats too good to be true!!

Mr. Incognito

I saw this on overheardincork.com
Basically a young lad was playing his first game as wing forward for some junior team down in Cork. Everytime he got the ball his team-mates called out Chilli.
A few old lads were on the sideline and one asked to other 'Who is that Chilli fella'?
To which the other chap replied ' Thats Con Kearney's young lad'

Makes no sense to the rest of us?

premierstone

SetantaL wrote: »

Makes no sense to the rest of us?

Think about it setanta chilli con kearney???? Get it?;)

johnnyrotten123

heard a great one there a while back...junior hurling game in Kilkenny between two bitter rivals. Tension was building up weeks before the big game. The ball was thrown in and was sent down to the big rangy full-forward who was being marked by a full back who shall we say, took no prisoners. The ball came in, the full-forward rose and was clattered by the full-back and when the dust cleared, he lay prostrate on the ground missing a few teeth. The local priest came rushing in to attend to the injured man and called for medical assistance. Well, naturally there was no ambulance there so a local farmer came on with an old scut cart and with the help of a few of the players loaded the full-forward on and prepared to bring him across to his van. As the priest made his way off the field, he heard the farmer stop and say: 'Eh, will I go now father, or will I wait for a load?'

Classic

niallo32

Tomthepost wrote: »

Joe McNally asking Paidi whether he came up to Dublin on the bus or the train. Paidi shouldering Joe into the hoarding boards as the first ball came their way. Joe picking himself up baffled and Paidi asking Joe 'What were you hit by there, a bus or a train?'
What are the best stories out there???

What actually happened was that Paidi extended his hand to Joe before the anthem, Joe turned his shoulder and hit Paidi a belt and sent him flying. The anthem was played and just as it finished, Paidi kicked Joe up the hole when his back was turned.

davmi

Was at a junior game once and a bit of row broke out, a lot of punches thrown, when the referee calmed it down he called over the main instigator who threw the first couple of punches. Definite red card if I ever saw once. The player says to the ref "I know i threw a few punches and deserve to go but I got a few too"
Ref replies "I know sure i got a few meself"
Gives the player a yellow...

johnnyrotten123

niallo32 wrote: »

What actually happened was that Paidi extended his hand to Joe before the anthem, Joe turned his shoulder and hit Paidi a belt and sent him flying. The anthem was played and just as it finished, Paidi kicked Joe up the hole when his back was turned.

Think that was a seperate incident was it? I have heard the bus/train story on numerous occasions...

Nalced_irl

Some great stories here lads. Got a few laughs outta me Keep em coming....I would contribute myself but i dont know any as good as these

Tomthepost

niallo32 wrote: »

What actually happened was that Paidi extended his hand to Joe before the anthem, Joe turned his shoulder and hit Paidi a belt and sent him flying. The anthem was played and just as it finished, Paidi kicked Joe up the hole when his back was turned.

Niallo I suspect that you might be from Dublin? Given your certainty on what happened I take it you were at the game and watched the incident unfold!
The point of this thread is to tell stories that you heard. I'm sure most of the stories have an element of truth but have been exaggerated as time has gone by.

niallo32

Tomthepost wrote: »

Niallo I suspect that you might be from Dublin? Given your certainty on what happened I take it you were at the game and watched the incident unfold!
The point of this thread is to tell stories that you heard. I'm sure most of the stories have an element of truth but have been exaggerated as time has gone by.

Sorry, I didn't mean to be a pri*k and contradict you. I am from Dublin.

The version as described by me, is told the same way by Paidi in his biography and Joe McNally told me the same.

I was at the game, but didn't see the incident in question.

Good idea for a thread btw..

niallo32

johnnyrotten123 wrote: »

Think that was a seperate incident was it? I have heard the bus/train story on numerous occasions...

Haven't heard that myself, but I can't imagine Joe McNally being arsed to ask Paidi how he travelled to the game...apologies for the earlier contradiction if it is true..

gucci

i remember a day playing as a 17 year old and marking a former county man (he was well on his ways past the 35 mark) anyways there was a few tough breaks for the ball and i didnt shy away from anything 50-50 (like i was instructed before the game!!) he kept moaning at the ref and barking at me telling me he'd knock me into next week etc and the fact i didn't speak back just kept hitting him harder with every tackle was irking him even more.
anyways it eventually turned into your traditional GAA all out brawl with everyone getting involved. All starting from me fouling yer man, him lying on the ground moaning until he realized the ref wasn't going to book me, he got up and swung for me and i dodged it and our full back (my minder!) jumped in and the brawl started.
anyways the ref decided to send off the ex-county man (despite him trying to sneak off with an injury) and our full back. our full back said "ah ref sure i was just saving the young lad, what was i supposed to do?"
Ref said" Well in fairness I would have done the same meself but when i seen ya hitting the fourth fella I didnt have much choice!"

johnnyrotten123

niallo32 wrote: »

Haven't heard that myself, but I can't imagine Joe McNally being arsed to ask Paidi how he travelled to the game...apologies for the earlier contradiction if it is true..

If he did ask, I'm sure it wasn't out of politeness! I'm sure the story is missing something there alright, if it is true. A good rumour anyway!

I was speaking to a man in Wexford by the name of Seamus Keevans - he's 'Mr Football' in Wexford but he has played inter-county for at least four counties. Anyway, he marked Mick O'Connell in a game going way back. O'Connell was his personal hero and after Micko rose majestically and plucked the ball from the sky and cleared it up the field for the fourth time in-a-row, Keevans turned around and says: "Well, d'ya know wha' it is Mick, I could stand here and look at ya all day!"

Tomthepost

johnnyrotten123 wrote: »

If he did ask, I'm sure it wasn't out of politeness! I'm sure the story is missing something there alright, if it is true. A good rumour anyway!

I was speaking to a man in Wexford by the name of Seamus Keevans - he's 'Mr Football' in Wexford but he has played inter-county for at least four counties. Anyway, he marked Mick O'Connell in a game going way back. O'Connell was his personal hero and after Micko rose majestically and plucked the ball from the sky and cleared it up the field for the fourth time in-a-row, Keevans turned around and says: "Well, d'ya know wha' it is Mick, I could stand here and look at ya all day!"

Maybe its because I'm a Kerryman but I love that

I went to the 1986 All-Ireland final with my father and we were sitting near John Dowling a Kerry legend of the 50s. At one stage Kerry got a free kick about 65 meters out and the ball dropped short was picked up by a Tyrone player who was fouled.
My father says 'John I can remember you kicking them over the bar from right there and the ball was twice as heavy back then'
John replied ' Do you know what Seamus? I think I was further out'

semibluff

me and a few of the lads were out at a nightclub about 5 years back. As drunk 18year olds we were standing around waiting on a taxi, and one of the boys spotted ciaran mcgeeney. (the nightclub is were the armagh team always met) Geezer would be a bit of a legend as he still is, and the two other lads in particular were talking absolute muck to him (he was on the sober). Just as we were leaving, one of the boys, who plays the same position as Ciaran says "well jesus thanks very much for chatting with us, your not as much of a wanker as ya look on tv . . . (big laughs all round) really made my night chattin with ya, thanks" . to which ciaran answered - "its not been long since i was your ages lads, but back then id much rather be chattin with big titted blonde - funny how times change"

MrJoeSoap

Gotta love Michael O'Muircheartaigh's little anecdote about New York.

".........and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I'll tell ye a little story. I was in Times' Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said 'I suppose ye wouldn't have the Kerryman would ye?' To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said 'do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?'... he had both...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."

Erin Go Brath

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Gotta love Michael O'Muircheartaigh's little anecdote about New York.

".........and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I'll tell ye a little story. I was in Times' Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said 'I suppose ye wouldn't have the Kerryman would ye?' To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said 'do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?'... he had both...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."

:D:D The man is a living legend.

matrixroyal

One from a club match of ours a while back.

Tough gent full back and equally tough full forward are at each other all match, shouldering, goading, late hits etc. etc.

Anyway, in the second half the full forward skins the full back and scores a great goal, tapping the full back on the head on his way out after scoring. Ball goes up the field and suddenly the full forward is out cold on the ground with nobody having seen the incident and the full back denying any involvement. He says to the ref, " sure he just fainted, don't know what happened " . With things threatening to boil over , the ref says to the full back, " ok , i didn't see it, but anybody else faints around here and you'll be straight off "

ustari

Playing for the club in championship during the summer, full forward. kept coming out, collecting and running with it, full back wasn't exactly blessed with pace. Then on one of the runs I hear one of their players(midfielder i think) roar "Ah jaysus, would someone shoot king kong to be fu**ed!" referring to me! Next few weeks I wasn't called anything other than that by team mates.

Kerry On Tour

The Bus/Train thing is true enough. Páidi mentions it somewhere in his book.

JayoCluxton

The thing I remember of the Paidi-Joe incident is that the teams went to line out in their postions before Amhran as they always used to. Joe - new kid on the block - came down to Paidi and was hitting him all sorts of shapes and shoulders. A few seconds later Joe was on his back, went on to have a quiet game and P Se won another Celtic Cross. Dunno what was said but I reckon Joe learned a harsh lesson that day!

holymolyHS

I remember hearing one about the game in which Dara O'Se was sent off a week or 2 before the AI final in 2002. Supposedly Paidi was late for the club game and by the time he got there Dara was already sent off. Someone told him that it was the umpire that had pointed it out to the referee. After the game, Paidi ran to the umpire and gave him a right bo****ing. When the umpire finally had a chance to say something, he said "sorry Paidi but it was the umpire at the other goal"

Clareman

Paidi turned up for his first training sessions in charge of the Clare footballers, he went into the dressing room and gave his speech about what they were going to do for the year, just as he was finishing up Tony Considine arrived in the door and pointed out to him that it was the hurling panel he was giving the speech to

flahavaj

I heard one that some of the more toothless members of the Waterford county hurling panel (messrs Shanahan, McGrath et al) went before the county board asking for dental implants to replace their missing incisors. In unison the three aul' fellas reached for their mouths, pulled out their own dentures replacing the same front teeth and proclaimed that "ye'll get them when we do!":D

pjbrady1

Here are two good ones,

One of the most outrageous commentaries that has been broadcast was surely the commentary for the Mayo Tipperary qualifier from 2001.(Guy from Roscommon who is on Mid West radio in Mayo - think it is Mike Carney)
Recently Conor Mortimer had adopted his blonde hair and Ciaran McDonald was naturally enough blonde. The Tipp air must of got to Carney as he was more overeager than normal and was hyped to the max. His phraseology had totally gone out the window. Went something like:
"And it's Conor Mortimer, the blonde, the blonde has it, he's jinking he sidesteps, he throws a left at it, but its tailed off."
"Here is the blonde, the blonde bomber McDonald. He's like a bee round a honey pot"
Best of all coming near the end of what was a pretty standard fair game.
"This game is not over yet, don't go anywhere, don't go to put on a cup o tea, don't go to the shops, ..., not even for a jam sponge!!"
A multitude of texts poured in after the game.

Other stories,
At an Offaly under 12s match years ago, the local team were receiving a walloping at half time. The fifty year old hard working, big farmer was making his impassioned plea for action, shoulders and scores when one o the young lads picked up a lucozade sport bottle and started drinkin.
"What are ya at with that bottle" the farmer roared at him
"Tis luzozade sport"
"I'll give ye effin lucozade sport" roars the farmer grabs the bottle off the young lad and kicks it down the pitch

At a Mayo div 1 league Moy Davitts -Burrishoole match about five years ago Colm McMenamon (recently finished with Mayo then)was chasing a ball down to the sideline. The ball was not collected by the Moy Davitts man ahead of McMenanmin and bounced off his arse over the line.
Linesman gives a Davitts ball.
McMenamon "That's our effin ball"
Moy Davitts officials standing six feet from what was (and still is) a big man who looked like he could chew timber.
"Ah it is now Colm, it bounced off yer arshe" the whole line of subs n hangers on broke down laughing.

johnnyrotten123

Adding to the commentator comments....

There is a guy on South-East Radio in Wexford called Liam Spratt. He commentates on all the GAA matches and has been for years. But he comes out with the odd great line - 'and the referee blows and ball and throws in the whistle' is one famous one.

The best one I heard though was during a Wexford hurling match in the mid nineties and the opposition, the Cats probably, were putting on the pressure...

'...and the ball goes out to Tim Flood...what am I saying, it's Sean Flood, son of the late, great Tim Flood...what am I saying, shure Tim Flood isn't dead!!'

Kerry On Tour

johnnyrotten123 wrote: »

Adding to the commentator comments....

There is a guy on South-East Radio in Wexford called Liam Spratt. He commentates on all the GAA matches and has been for years. But he comes out with the odd great line - 'and the referee blows and ball and throws in the whistle' is one famous one.

The best one I heard though was during a Wexford hurling match in the mid nineties and the opposition, the Cats probably, were putting on the pressure...

'...and the ball goes out to Tim Flood...what am I saying, it's Sean Flood, son of the late, great Tim Flood...what am I saying, shure Tim Flood isn't dead!!'

The late Liam Higgins was something to behold on Kerry Radio with Weeshie Fogarty. Never in my life did I think it was possible for a man to say "the ball" so much in one passage of speech. A standard line of commentary would go something like "Diarmaid Murphy kicks out the ball, the ball is heading for the middle of field, Dara Ó' Sé and Ciaran Whealan go up for the ball, the ball breaks, they are all in there fighting for the ball, who has the ball now, its Paul Galvin who has the ball, he solos the ball, bounces the ball and lets the ball into Colm Cooper, Colm Cooper Collects the ball and is now running with the ball he still has the ball, he kicks the ball and the ball goes over the bar"!

johnnyrotten123

Kerry On Tour wrote: »

The late Liam Higgins was something to behold on Kerry Radio with Weeshie Fogarty. Never in my life did I think it was possible for a man to say "the ball" so much in one passage of speech. A standard line of commentary would go something like "Diarmaid Murphy kicks out the ball, the ball is heading for the middle of field, Dara Ó' Sé and Ciaran Whealan go up for the ball, the ball breaks, they are all in there fighting for the ball, who has the ball now, its Paul Galvin who has the ball, he solos the ball, bounces the ball and lets the ball into Colm Cooper, Colm Cooper Collects the ball and is now running with the ball he still has the ball, he kicks the ball and the ball goes over the bar"!

lol that's very good - I didn't realise Liam had passed away though

Back to Spratt, he always has a few sidekicks with him on big match days, past Wexford greats and so on. One of them, who shall rename nameless, came out with a great line once about the general state of Wexford hurling:

'These boys have to start playing as a team - and there's no time like the future!'

Kerry On Tour

johnnyrotten123 wrote: »

lol that's very good - I didn't realise Liam had passed away though

Back to Spratt, he always has a few sidekicks with him on big match days, past Wexford greats and so on. One of them, who shall rename nameless, came out with a great line once about the general state of Wexford hurling:

'These boys have to start playing as a team - and there's no time like the future!'

HAHAHA thats brilliant. How about the most famous commentator curse ever.
O'Hehir: "And it looks as if they were winning the way the Offaly men are dithering and dawdling...and here they go up the field"
Seconds later "A GOAL, A GOAL, A GOAL FOR OFFALY! Oh what a goal!" - O'Hehir's reaction seconds later as Séamus Darby scores the winning goal for Offaly, denying Kerry a famous fifth consecutive All-Ireland title which sent me crying!

johnnyrotten123

Kerry On Tour wrote: »

HAHAHA thats brilliant. How about the most famous commentator curse ever.
O'Hehir: "And it looks as if they were winning the way the Offaly men are dithering and dawdling...and here they go up the field"
Seconds later "A GOAL, A GOAL, A GOAL FOR OFFALY! Oh what a goal!" - O'Hehir's reaction seconds later as Séamus Darby scores the winning goal for Offaly, denying Kerry a famous fifth consecutive All-Ireland title which sent me crying!

Don't worry, I was crying two years later on my first visit to Croker - Leinster final against Offaly. We were four points down with a few minutes to go and then got a goal. The ball was pucked out and the ref blew up early. The shock! I actually thought all along that we were going to win!
Cue the tears!

Tomthepost

Kerry On Tour wrote: »

HAHAHA thats brilliant. How about the most famous commentator curse ever.
O'Hehir: "And it looks as if they were winning the way the Offaly men are dithering and dawdling...and here they go up the field"
Seconds later "A GOAL, A GOAL, A GOAL FOR OFFALY! Oh what a goal!" - O'Hehir's reaction seconds later as Séamus Darby scores the winning goal for Offaly, denying Kerry a famous fifth consecutive All-Ireland title which sent me crying!

What I remember most about O'Hehir from that game is that at least twice in the second half he posed the question 'Is there a goal in the game?' After the whole "A GOAL, A GOAL, A GOAL FOR OFFALY'! He simply said 'There was a goal in the game' Absolute genious pity the goal went to Offaly though

JayoCluxton

My favourite Michéal O'Hehir commentary was during the legendary 1977 All Ireland semi when he famously said "twenty nine minutes still remaining in this game, hallelujah".

will1977

semibluff wrote: »

me and a few of the lads were out at a nightclub about 5 years back. As drunk 18year olds we were standing around waiting on a taxi, and one of the boys spotted ciaran mcgeeney. (the nightclub is were the armagh team always met) Geezer would be a bit of a legend as he still is, and the two other lads in particular were talking absolute muck to him (he was on the sober). Just as we were leaving, one of the boys, who plays the same position as Ciaran says "well jesus thanks very much for chatting with us, your not as much of a wanker as ya look on tv . . . (big laughs all round) really made my night chattin with ya, thanks" . to which ciaran answered - "its not been long since i was your ages lads, but back then id much rather be chattin with big titted blonde - funny how times change"

He used to share a house with my ex-girlfriend and 1 night came home a bit worse for wear. Anyhow, my misses was in her bedroom when there was a knock on the door. She opened it only to find Ciaran bolloc naked apart from a pair of footy socks offering hir services for the night !!!

P.s She was a " big titted blonde " !! :D:D

frebel

paudie palmer, a kerryman commentating in west cork, is a great man for sticking in random pieces of info such as "Pat "the veg" Tobin local grocer fields another high ball" etc.

One of his best ones though was " and the full back has made an awful mistake, but shur if it wasn't for mistakes we wouldn't have half the population we have"

blackbelt

Heres one that my good friend and new member of boards,Villains77 has forgot.

Villains77 is at the Cork v Kerry Munster Final this year down in Killarney.After Kerry won,Villains77 and his uncle go to a pub where upon entering a man opens the door for them.

Uncle says "thanks Eoin".Then the uncle turns to Villains77 and in his Kerry accent says

"Well,you not going to say hello to Bomber"?

Villains77: "What?"
Uncle:"Bomber Liston like".

Villains77 at the top of his voice in his best Dublin accent shouts out in the middle of the pub ....."B0ll0X".

Tomthepost

If that was on overheard in dublin it would have a minus rating

UnitedIrishman

A brilliant one I remember from around 1995 when Mayo played Sligo in U-21's in the Connacht Final. Eamonn O'Hara was playing for Sligo and was pretty much holding the team together. In the replay he was being marked by David Brady and John Casey, two lads who are quite fond of winding up the opposition as you can imagine. It's been well known O'Hara has a short fuse so the management were told to keep onto him and get into his head.

Story goes that O'Hara (who lives close to Charlestown - where Casey is from), his girlfriend was in the pub that Casey worked in/drank in and when he recognised who she was began chatting her up etc providing him with plenty of ammunition. Ball is about to be thrown in and Casey turns to O'Hara and reads out her number saying a few mistruths about his time with his girlfriend and within 20 minutes O'Hara was sent off for lamping Casey! Mayo went on to win the title and only lose out in the All-Ireland.

yabadabado

when roscommon played in one of the all-ireland finals in the 40's.a fella that was on the panel was working on the day and he missed the train in athlone so he kept on cycling to dublin about 90miles.his name was tom brennan(?).afaik he didnt play that day but it was some effort

Tomthepost

Can we get this thread going again lads?
We must have a few new members with a few stories!

homerjay2005

not sure if its mentioned here, but surely the best goes to Clare V offaly in 95, Ger Loughnane, wat a legend. Center back Seanie Mcmahon was injured in the weeks up to the game, a bad shoulder injury. anyway, it was big news around offaly and of course, if he played, what was the first thing they would do? hit the f**ker hard when he got the first ball. so, loughnane pulled a master stroke, and strapped up the other shoulder! low and behold, mcmahon was getting belted left right and center on his strond shoulder and the weak one wasnt touched!

lorweld

on the local radio bit a few years ago ex laois player michael lawlor was playing for his local club the commentator says 'and heres the red headed mickey flying it up the pitch'


another story i remember reading in the paper a number of yrs back if anyone can remember the full and correct facts of this story i would love to hear it. iirc i think it was about an intermediate or a junior team in carlow, but there was a fella who never missed training went for yrs turned up for every match but never got a place on the team, one particular sunday for some reason or another only 15 members of the whole panel arrived for a match, the manager decided to play the game with 14 players and leave yer man on the subs bench!!!! i remember feeling very sorry for the poor fella but couldn't help but laugh! that story is probably told all arseways but is the general gist of it so if anyone can shed some light on it please do. sorry in advance for wrong details

Tomthepost

Was listening to Newstalk last Friday night and that Carney chap from the Connacht Tribune came out with a classic line.
Something to the effect of
'Dara O Se is a true sporting hero. Right up there with Ronnie Delaney and Arkle'

sgthighway

Popular Mayo Senior Player outside Supermacs in Eyre Square at about 2 in the morning after losing to Galway in the 2006 Connaught Championship (last Day the Sacre Couer Hotel opened). Mayo Player smoking a ciggerette. Young lad about 18 walks up and said you should give them up if you ever want to succeed. Mayo Player says what did you ever win. Young lad; replied "Won a Connaught Minor Medal and got Man of the Match today", then walks of singing Ole! Ole! Ole!
Look on Mayo Players face was priceless........