Skryne pay tribute to the late Sean Smyth
December 13, 2020
The late Sean Smyth
The Parish of Skryne and particularly Skryne GFC were plunged into mourning this week on hearing of the sad passing of Sean Smyth (Skryne) after an illness borne with typical determination and without complaint.
Sean is a former Chairperson of Skryne GFC and was instrumental in a tremendous amount of the improvement work carried out at McManus Park over a long number of years. As far back as 1981 Sean, along with his Committee, set about a major reconstruction of the playing surface on the pitch to include ploughing, levelling, draining and reseeding which also included increasing the size of the playing area to bring it up to a par with any inter county venue in the country. It has stood the test of time and is still one of the best around right up to this day.