GAA DUAL PLAYERS

Is this a hit list?

do ye know any fruit cricketers who played intercounty gaa oz....DOUBT IT......

Mick Galway

Galwey

i think graham geraghty had trials at arsenal

Brace yourself, Richters;
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Shane Long won a Munster minor hurling title with Tipp as far as I know.

dont believe everything ye read ozy.....seriously....although i haf a feeling he played for derry minors

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

played for the man utd reserves

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.

GG was with Arsenal richters.

Emlyn Mulligan Leitrim footballer played for Sligo Rovers, Gary Rogers soccer goalkeeper played at numerous levels for Meath out field.

Darren Sweetnam, promising Cork hurler is with the Munster U20 squad, also the 'Tullow Tank' Sean O'Brien played minor football for Carlow.

That's just off the top of my head. There is loads.

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

coleman used to have a number of battles during underage matches and trials with current donegal captain Michael murphy..murphy was well ahead of coleman though who was only an average young player at the time

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?

coleman is from killybegs,his family uses to run the bayview hotel there..yes rocket tohill played reserve for manchester united as part of his 2 week trial...

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

neil lennon armagh minors / leicster/celtic / norn iron
martin o neill derry minors / nottingham forest / norn iron

Shay Given.

shane mulholland Down / cliftonville

Dinny Allen, Cork

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

Brendan Devenney of Donegal played soccer too, possibly with Finn Harps or in the Irish League

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

freddiek did stefan white play loi i know he played local soccer here in down....also think david staunton played both.

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

also Steven "Stan" won a Louth senior medal at 16 and played underage for the county

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.

a down all ireland minor winner lined out in goals for manchester united at old trafford?

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.

yes galwayman and he was a resident of your own county....

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

*Marty

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

whats the granson of poh called galwayman?

Danny Cummins.

Patrick Kielty richters!

Patrick Kielty richters!

Patrick Kielty richters!

Sorry looks like I got excited there.

correct and right fly.....played in goals for man u in a testimonial.....think it was keanes.

It was a testimonial for John Kennedy but it was between Celtic and Man U and Keane was playing.

i was in the nou camp the night kennedy broke his leg......the best 0-0 draw i ever watched.....

Was it Scotland he was playing for when he had the break? He was a decent enough player.

ahh ur rite fly it was a few games b4 that he played outstanding for celtic against barca......think it around 03/04...think it was at hampden he broke the leg

That was a remarkable result, to hold Barca goaless at Nou Camp. Did you do the tour? Was only there for the tour I'd say to watch a game with a full house would be unreal.

didnt do the tour fly we flew back that night...amazing atmosphere....did every game in 02/03 home and away when we got robbed by porto in final.....liverpool,blackburn rovers,celta vigo,boavista,avb stuttgart...all teams with a v in the names.....good times....

Fair play. Remember watching the final, great game of football in the searing heat. Ye had a man dismissed didnt ye? Didnt help chasing them, that was a very good Celtic team Porto were are class outfit.

Sorry dont mean to be taken the topic off track!

Pakie Bonner played Gaelic football in Donegal (underage)
Billy Morgan played for Cork as a goalie and played also with Glasgow Celtic

yea boba balde got the line....portos diving was brutal deco in particular...mourinho managed that teammm.....jaytrummp when did billy morgan play 4 celtic?

Billy's book was my source, and I had only a swop.I gave my buddy Secretariat and he kindly gave me Billy Morgans book which I enjoyed.I sort of 4get the intimate detail but he went to Glasgow Celtic,for trials, and they seemed to like what they saw, but I think Billy got a job (teacher) and stayed in Ireland, but I think he may have played a few friendlies for Celtic, at that time. I'm pretty sure he played for Celtic in Cork also i.e. Cork Celtic........so did George Best,and Rodney Marsh..........

Bressie