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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.
Bill McEvoy, the Laois man who championed Comhaltas in USA
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The death took place on Wednesday, November 25 at his home in Long Island, USA, of one of the most prominent and popular Laois people of his generation, Bill McEvoy.
A native of Kilcoke, Ballybrophy, Co. Laois, he would have been 98-years old in the coming January.
Though the years had slowed him down physically, he still retained his acute sharpness of mind, the great eye for detail, his gentle humour and the ability to tell a good story right up until the end. A proud Laoisman, his whole life has centred on music, all things Irish and the GAA, especially hurling.