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Special Packie McGarty tribute to headline launch of 2021 Leitrim Supporters Club launch
Seamus O’Rourke to recite tribute to late Leitrim legend during Thursday May 13, online launch that features guests Terry Hyland, Enda Stenson, Edwina Guckian, Seamus Clarke & Catriona Kenny Clarke and Eamonn Duignan
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Seamus O Rourke pictured with Colin Regan at a previous launch of the Leitrim Supporters Club Picture: Willie Donnellan );
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The bard of Leitrim life, Seamus O’Rourke, will pen and recite a tribute to the late great Packie McGarty as part of the online launch of the Leitrim GAA Supporter’s Club draw taking place online on Thursday, May 13, at 8pm.
Two proud brothers reunited on the Leitrim Wall
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Two brothers, proud Leitrim men, have been reunited on the Leitrim Wall.
PJ McNabola was born in 1927, a historic year for Leitrim football when they won the Connacht Senior Championship.
Fast-forward 67 years, and he was present the next time Leitrim won the Connacht Senior Championship in 1994. When Leitrim got to the Division 4 final in 2019 against Derry in Croke Park PJ was not going to miss it. At the age of 92 PJ’s family ensured he would be in attendance and the Leitrim Observer honoured him by taking his photo in the Croke Park Hotel before the match.