GAA books with big Kildare connections
Great reads: The Gallant John Joe (John Joe O Reilly); and Believe (Larry Tompkins)
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Many sporting books on the shelves this Christmas and New Year but a few in particular will have significance for Kildare GAA fans and supporters.
The Gallant John Joe tells the life and times of one of the greatest footballers of all time; a Cavan man, John Joe played a lot of his football in Kildare during his short life, a life that ended at the age of just 34.
John Joe was of course an army man stationed on the Curragh, played with the army and indeed won a Kildare SFC when captaining the army to victory in 1947; played hurling; was a referee of note and all round incredible GAA person.