GAA DUAL PLAYERS

Is this a hit list?

Mick Galway

i think graham geraghty had trials at arsenal

Shane Long won a Munster minor hurling title with Tipp as far as I know.

It's a bit of a stretch to say that Anthony Tohill played for Man Utd

Going for a trial hardly constitutes playing for someone, as such

Plenty of GAA players would have played soccer for their local clubs in the winter

Tohill was never at Man U though richers, a good mate of mine was asked to stand in goals for a quality youth team in his area, he was not even a keeper. Anyway they played another decent outfit and on that day the side he was playing for won by a cricket score. There was a scout from Leicester there and he asked 4 or 5 of them down to a trial there, my mate was not much use but the guys in front of him were good and to his amazement he went with them. He was on trial at Leciester but you could never put him down as a Leicester playing like you can't put Tohill down.

Anyway Johnny Kenny and Ger Houlihan both played for Sligo Rovers, to be fair Kenny was more a footballer than a gaelic player but Sligo GAA stuck in the bad old days seemed reluctant to give him a game. Johnny Davey, David Kelly were with Rovers as young lads plenty of the other current Sligo team had trials but were no where near good enough to be signed. Stephen McAlourum up North i think plays for someone and was in the IL. Irish league is not as high as standard as the LOI and it's played in the winter so you get more of them there,Ryan Henderson at Linfield played for someone i'm nearly sure in GAA. Seamus Coleman played for Donegal underage before he choose to turn professional with Sligo Rovers.

Shane Horgan was a great target man for the Meath Minors.......did well for Leinster and Ireland.

He was a huge loss to Bellewstown Gant. Flanker Niall Ronan another Meath man represented the county at minor level.

We could be here all day naming them, what about the lads that went Down Under?

thefly10.....We could be all day naming lads that had trials in England/Scotland......most came home and got jobs.

Shay Given.

Dinny Allen, Cork

in addition to being a dual GAA star he also won a FAI Cup with Cork Hibs

i think Alan Doherty from my own county combined playing with Dundalk with the gaa when he was on the Louth team

no i dont remember white in the LOI. dont think David did either. his younger brother Thomas played plenty of games for dundalk but he never got on with Louth

THE GAFFER!!

Cillian Sheridan, not sure what soccer club he's with now, played minor football for Cavan and club football for Bailieboro Shamrocks. He was actually offered trials with Brisbane Lions in Aus must have been very good.

Countless examples, Michael Donnellan- Galway United, Ja Fallon- Galwegians, Sean Armstrong- Shannon.

Don't know who that Down man is. Another Down man scored the first ever hat trick at Wembley.

lot of Down mentions. Mary Clarke did well in the Aussie Rules. also i remember about the former Down great Paddy Doherty, played a lot of soccer up North and turned down a contract with a English club

He was and he has a Grandson on the Galway football panel.

Danny Cummins.

Patrick Kielty richters!

Sorry looks like I got excited there.