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50 years of the All-Stars: I was meant to be sitting down the back with Jim Stynes. I ended up an All-Star
Kevin O’Brien, Brian Murphy, Kieran Fitzgerald and Paul Murphy on their memories of the end-of-season accolades. Fintan O Toole By Fintan O Toole Thursday 18 Feb 2021, 12:08 PM Feb 18th 2021, 12:08 PM 19,432 Views 2 Comments
JIM STYNES AND Kevin O’Brien needed a solution.
It was November 1990 in Australia and the Irish team were winding down after a successful Compromise Rules series.
It was a set-up populated by All-Ireland winners. Recent ones like Robbie O’Malley, Steven O’Brien and Jack O’Shea. Future ones like Tony Scullion, James McCartan and Paul Curran. A collection of renowned football names.
Memories from Longford and former ESB & Bord na Móna staff of this region s proud ‘brown past’
Nostalgia: Former ESB & Bord na Móna staff on RTE s Nationwide
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Some of the longest serving employees of the Lanesboro ESB power station and the Mountdillon Bord na Móna bogs will be interviewed on a special nostalgic edition of the RTE Nationwide show on Monday night next January 25 at 7pm.
A former ESB worker at Lanesboro power station, who went on to win All Ireland glory and residents from Bord na Móna employees housing estates around the midlands, are also among those who will feature on a special edition of the show.
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Will it continue? The42 speaks to some of the country’s top stars who combine camogie and ladies football at the top level. By Emma Duffy Sunday 17 Jan 2021, 8:01 PM Jan 17th 2021, 8:01 PM 38,120 Views 13 Comments
IT’S NO SECRET that dual players at inter-county level are more so associated with women’s Gaelic games. Orla O Dwyer (centre) is one of the country s most high-profile dual players. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO
That concept seems to be a thing of the past at the top level in the men’s game, though it was once commonplace for players to play both football and hurling for their county.