Winning is not everything - not for anything would I part from my Leitrim team mates” - Packie McGarty
The late great Galway defender Jack Mahon penned this tribute to his former opponent Packie McGarty in 1993, describing him as “irrepressible, a born footballer”
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14 Apr 2021
A picture of Leitrim s Columba Cryan, Packie McGarty & Cathal Flynn on the Connacht Railway Cup winning team of 1958 );
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It s a dangerous game naming anyone as the greatest ever. A writer can only cover what he saw himself, his own lifetime.
Leitrim won the county s only Connacht Senior Football Championship title in 1927 and that was five years before I was born.
Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh has visited Cornwall on a number of occasions – sometimes on his own and at other times accompanying a Queen. Following the news that the duke died earlier today, aged 99, the Packet looks back on some of those royal trips to the Duchy that his eldest son, Prince Charles, is duke of. One of the most recent occasions was in August 2014, when Prince Philip visited the Tregothnan Estate to look at how its tea is produced and packaged on site. He planted a tea bush and was introduced to the estate s bee colonies, before going on to plant an oak tree.
The greatest Leitrim footballer of them all - Legendary Packy McGarty passes away
April 06, 2021
Leitrim legend Packy McGarty (RIP).
Packy McGarty was hailed as one of the greatest footballers of all time as the passing of the legendary Leitrim footballer drew widespread sadness across the GAA community.
The proud Mohill clubman, who died this morning at the age of 87, is widely regarded as the best player ever to wear the Leitrim jersey.
Making his Leitrim senior debut at the tender age of 16, Packy went on to win Railway Cup medals on two different occasions and played in six Connacht SFC finals, including four-in-a-row against Galway, during an inter-county career which spanned from 1949 to 1971.
11 January 2021
Will Fraine is expecting big things from Joe Root’s England side ahead of what promises to be a memorable year of Test Match cricket.
England begin a busy schedule with a two-Test series in Sri Lanka on Thursday (4.30am UK) before home and away series against powerhouses India, a home series against Pakistan, a possible World Test Championship final and an away Ashes series at the end of the year.
Root and co have it all to do to reach the World Test Championship final, due to take place at Lord’s in June.
England are currently fourth in the table behind leaders Australia, India and newly crowned world number one side New Zealand.
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