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00:00:30Near Brambridge Town, the county down, one morning last July

00:00:35Down a boring green came a sweet Colleen, and she smiled as she passed me by

00:00:39Oh, she looked so sweet with the two bare feet, and she never looked round her

00:00:44Such a coaxing girl, I'd shake myself to make sure I was standing there

00:00:48Singing from Battery Bay up to Derry Cay, from the hallway to Dublin Town

00:00:53No maid I've seen like a fair Colleen that I met in the county down

00:00:57I see on which bed, well I shook me head, and I locked with a feeling queer

00:01:02And I said, says I, to a passerby, who's the one with the not brown hair

00:01:06Well, he smiled at me, and with pride, said he, that's the gem of Ireland's crown

00:01:11No news of a camp, the banks of the Banshees, the star of the county down

00:01:15From Battery Bay up to Derry Cay, from the hallway to Dublin Town

00:01:19No maid I've seen like a fair Colleen that I met in the county down

00:01:24At the Harvest Fair I'll be surely there, and I'll listen me Sunday close

00:01:33With me shoes shone bright, and me hat cut right for a smile from the nut brown rose

00:01:37No horse and yoke, I'll fight by a smuggle in the soil, like the plough turned brown

00:01:42And the smiling bride by my own far side is the star of the county down

00:01:46From Battery Bay up to Derry Cay, from the hallway to Dublin Town

00:01:50No maid I've seen like a fair Colleen that I met in the county down

00:01:55From Battery Bay up to Derry Cay, from the hallway to Dublin Town

00:01:59No maid I've seen like a fair Colleen that I met in the county down

00:02:04Now ladies and gentlemen, let's have a welcome for Pops-O-C-U-T

00:02:20Now ladies and gentlemen, let's have a welcome for Pops-O-C-U-T

00:02:32Good evening folks, good evening, good evening, good evening

00:02:44Welcome to The Little Show

00:02:47Where tonight

00:02:49We are all been buried with our hurleys by the river de soar

00:02:56It's a 2026 GA special

00:02:58We have

00:03:01A great one coming your way

00:03:04We have an all-star line-up

00:03:05We have an all-star studio audience

00:03:07All togged out and ready to go

00:03:09And by the looks of it, they're all just three pairs of roller skates

00:03:15And a juggler away from a county parade

00:03:17So strap yourselves in

00:03:19On the team tonight

00:03:21Forget the Beckhams, forget the Kardashians

00:03:23GAA royalty

00:03:24The Brogans will be here

00:03:27All four All-Ireland Club champions will be on the team sheet

00:03:33And we will be reliving some of the greatest GA moments of all time

00:03:51All of which have taken place in the greatest stadium on planet Earth

00:03:56Croke Park

00:03:58There it is

00:03:59There it is

00:04:01In all its glory folks

00:04:03Who can forget

00:04:04Stephen Cluckton's last minute winner in 2011

00:04:07Jimmy Barry Murphy's net buster in 1973

00:04:10Beyonce's historic win in 2016

00:04:13And me sitting on the bench for Down Miners in 1987

00:04:17It's an all-time

00:04:20Tonight

00:04:21We have plucked two lucky members from our studio audience coming in

00:04:27They are now on the hallow turf

00:04:29They're about to make their own history

00:04:30Jackie Hurley is standing beside the witness

00:04:33This great GA moment

00:04:35Good evening, Jackie

00:04:36Good evening, Paddy

00:04:40It might be wet

00:04:41It might be windy

00:04:42It might be an empty Croke Park

00:04:44But I tell you what

00:04:44That is not going to dampen our spirits tonight

00:04:46Because as you said

00:04:47We have got two very lucky members of our audience tonight

00:04:50Who have got the chance of a lifetime

00:04:52To potentially kick a point here in Croke Park

00:04:55We've got Lee McQuaid from Fermanagh

00:04:56You play a bit of ball yourself, Lee, do you?

00:04:58I used to play a wee bit, yeah

00:04:59Retired ten months ago when we had our second week here

00:05:03Lovely

00:05:04Well, your family have long history playing in this stadium though, yes?

00:05:07Yeah, I had five siblings

00:05:08That's all played in Croke Park

00:05:10And this is finally my chance now

00:05:12Well, tonight is your chance to do them a bit of a history of your own

00:05:16We wish you well with that

00:05:17Antoinette Riggs from Galway is also with us

00:05:19And Antoinette, you play football as well yourself?

00:05:21Yes, Jackie, I play with Monavay Abbey

00:05:24Gaelic for Mothers in County Galway

00:05:26And I also played with Anna Down, GAA, where I'm formerly from

00:05:31Ah, fabulous

00:05:32And how are you feeling about potentially kicking a ball over that bar?

00:05:35Hopefully I get a chance

00:05:36Might be my last chance ever to kick a ball over

00:05:39Well, every chance matters, that is for sure

00:05:42As you can see, they're going to be battling all kinds of conditions here, Paddy

00:05:45But the big thing is, can they kick it for a ticket?

00:05:48An All-Ireland final ticket?

00:05:50We will find out very, very soon

00:05:52If they don't let go of those umbrellas, they could be blowing over the posts themselves

00:06:04We'll be back to see how they get on a little bit later in the show

00:06:07But first, it's time to relive some of the other all-time greatest GAA moments

00:06:12With a woman who, with four All-Irelands and 11 All-Stars

00:06:15Has brought us plenty herself

00:06:16And a man who has commentated on them all for four decades

00:06:20Would you please welcome Cora Staunton and Marty Morrison

00:06:22Thank you

00:06:37They must all be from Clare

00:06:47They must all be from Clare

00:06:49Feel the love, Cora

00:06:50Feel the love, Marty

00:06:51Awfully

00:06:52Up the rebel

00:06:53Up the rebel

00:06:55I think it must be for the pink jacket, is it, yeah?

00:06:59I think, I think, well look, to be honest with you, I think there's a lot of love

00:07:02Well, hello, hello, hello

00:07:03Somebody in this audience has great taste, that's all I'd say

00:07:07You don't get a whistle like that, do you, Patrick?

00:07:10No, I don't, but we can very much change this item to blind date

00:07:14At any point you choose, Marty

00:07:15Cora, we're talking the greatest ever GAA moments

00:07:19You have made plenty yourself

00:07:22You changed the game

00:07:24You took the ball, you completely rammed it

00:07:28Tell us the age you made your senior, I was reading this in the week again

00:07:32When did you make your senior debut?

00:07:35A long time ago now, but I was, yeah, very young at the time

00:07:38I was just 13 and a half

00:07:40So, quite young

00:07:42Obviously, rules nowadays don't allow you to play until in your first year minor

00:07:47But, yeah, 13 years of age

00:07:49Probably the biggest thing I'd done in my first National League game was kick 2-5

00:07:53So, that was probably the worst thing I could have done

00:07:56Because I put a lot of pressure on for the next, whatever I played with Mayo

00:07:59I think was 24 years more after that

00:08:01So, yeah, quite young

00:08:03But at the time it was allowed

00:08:05And I suppose I had six or seven years experience of playing with the boys

00:08:09Because we didn't have a local girls team

00:08:10So, that certainly hardened me up

00:08:12And got me ready for senior inter-county football

00:08:14I mean, look, you've played everywhere you've played

00:08:16In Australia, you've played in the WACA, the MCG

00:08:18Does anything compare to running out to Crow Park All-Ireland Final Day?

00:08:21No, absolutely not

00:08:22For me, it doesn't anyways

00:08:24And I suppose the biggest example we've seen in the last few weeks

00:08:28Is Mark O'Connor, obviously, who's playing AFL in Australia

00:08:31Come back to play with Dingle

00:08:33You know, that's where you want to play

00:08:35Growing up, I never dreamed of playing in Australia

00:08:37I used to be out in the backyard and regularly

00:08:40You know, trying to kick points

00:08:42My idol growing up was a Kerry man, Morris Fitzgerald

00:08:45So, even though he broke me out of hearts many a time

00:08:48I wanted to be him and I wanted to be in Crow Park

00:08:50I don't think I ever wanted to win in All-Ireland

00:08:52Or had that aspiration

00:08:53But I always wanted to get there

00:08:54And, you know, thankfully

00:08:56Got there early in my career

00:08:57With Mayo and won a couple of All-Irelands

00:09:00Which was nice

00:09:00I mean, last year was another huge year for the ladies' game

00:09:03How far has it come in the last few years?

00:09:05It really seems to be leaps and bounds

00:09:07Yeah, it's came on a huge amount

00:09:09I suppose when you look back

00:09:10My first All-Ireland was, what, 27 years ago

00:09:13There was 15,000 at it

00:09:15My last All-Ireland was in 2017

00:09:17We had nearly 50,000

00:09:18And the game has grown so much

00:09:20I'm very excited for the year ahead

00:09:22Because obviously the ladies have taken up

00:09:23A lot of the new rules

00:09:24That was brought into the Men's Championship last year

00:09:26And you've seen by watching it

00:09:28What has done to the game

00:09:29So, you know, it's more physical contact

00:09:31What players wanted

00:09:32So, yeah, really looking forward to the year ahead

00:09:34And the game has come on leaps and bounds

00:09:36And it's great to see, as I said

00:09:38My role model growing up was a male

00:09:40Now you have young girls growing up

00:09:42That has plenty of female role models to look up to

00:09:44Which is brilliant

00:09:45I mean, Marty, you have the best job

00:09:48The best seat in the house

00:09:49For all of these moments

00:09:50You've seen them come

00:09:52You've seen them go

00:09:53Compared to your first ever commentary position

00:09:55How does the commentary box at Crow Park compare?

00:10:00Well, it's a privilege

00:10:01It's an honour

00:10:01When you're handed the microphone

00:10:03When I was handed the first time

00:10:05I said, did Michal O'Hare use this microphone?

00:10:08Did Michal O'Hare use this microphone?

00:10:09Because they were my idols

00:10:10And it was just wonderful to be there

00:10:12I was just thinking about Cora

00:10:13Like I used to imagine

00:10:14After we watched Michal O'Hare

00:10:16Commentation in the All-Ireland Final

00:10:17On the TV

00:10:18And I go out

00:10:19And I would imagine

00:10:21That I scored the winning goal

00:10:23In the All-Ireland Final

00:10:24And marched behind the R10 band

00:10:25And somehow it never actually happened

00:10:27Was that due to a lack of talent?

00:10:30I would think so

00:10:30But I think that's the beauty of my dream

00:10:34Was once I got the bug of broadcasting

00:10:37That was what I wanted to do

00:10:39And it's a privilege to do it

00:10:40Well, I mean, you got the bug, you know, early on

00:10:42We have a little photograph here

00:10:45Of one of Marty's first commentary appearances

00:10:48People, a lot of love for the pink jacket

00:10:51Talk us through this

00:10:53Only fools and horses look

00:10:55Yeah

00:10:55Well, I have to say

00:10:58That is the sexiest jacket

00:11:00That's ever been seen

00:11:01In the All-Ireland H.O.

00:11:03And myself and Pascal Brooke

00:11:04Started back in 1984

00:11:06Patrick Galvin got a good time

00:11:08Local postman asked me

00:11:09To know what I do

00:11:09A commentary

00:11:10On the under-21 football final

00:11:12Between my club

00:11:12Kilmurray of Brickham

00:11:13And Miltow Malbae

00:11:14And I said, absolutely not

00:11:15I'd be useless

00:11:16I had no ambition in it

00:11:17I was not one of these guys

00:11:18That listened to myself

00:11:19On a tape recorder

00:11:20So I went down to Dumbag

00:11:21In pouring rain

00:11:22And it was awful

00:11:24My commentary was awful

00:11:26And it was

00:11:27When I look back on it

00:11:29Because I didn't know

00:11:29Whether it was

00:11:30My Hall of H.O.

00:11:30Or Mary Hartley

00:11:30Because I was saying

00:11:32You know, I was kind of

00:11:33Putting on an accent

00:11:33And I said

00:11:34God, I can't

00:11:35I can't keep this up

00:11:36So they showed the video

00:11:38In the local bar

00:11:39And they charged 50 pence in

00:11:41I think they should have

00:11:42Been charging 50 pence out

00:11:43But anyway

00:11:44I got the bug

00:11:45My second game was in Thurlis

00:11:47For the Munster Club final

00:11:48Between Six Mile Braids

00:11:49And Patrick's Well

00:11:50And that's really

00:11:51Where I got the bug

00:11:52And I tried

00:11:53And I tried

00:11:54I tried four years

00:11:55Knocking on the door here

00:11:56Because R.T. was the only place

00:11:58Really

00:11:58And it was difficult to get in

00:12:01Some people around the country

00:12:02Would say

00:12:02Wish to God they kept him out

00:12:03But I finally got in

00:12:05And Frank Whelan

00:12:06And Tim O'Connor

00:12:07Gave me my job

00:12:08And I'm there since

00:12:09And every day

00:12:10It doesn't matter where it is

00:12:12But to hold the microphone

00:12:13Is a privilege

00:12:14Well look

00:12:14You've commentated

00:12:15And you know

00:12:16Helped make some of these moments

00:12:17By bringing

00:12:18You know

00:12:19Legendary commentary to it

00:12:20Cora

00:12:21You've made

00:12:21Legendary moments yourself

00:12:22We could be here all night

00:12:24I mean

00:12:24This is what GA fans do

00:12:26Up and down the country

00:12:27In bars

00:12:27And you know

00:12:29Over the weekend

00:12:30What's the best moment

00:12:32We're putting you on the spot

00:12:33Okay

00:12:34What do you think

00:12:35What is your favourite moment

00:12:36What's the greatest moment

00:12:37Well I suppose the greatest moment

00:12:39In the history

00:12:40In the history

00:12:40Of the GA

00:12:41I suppose

00:12:42My heroes

00:12:44Were the Kerry football team

00:12:45Yeah

00:12:45The Bomber Liston

00:12:46Jack O'Shea

00:12:47Pat Spillard

00:12:47What a team

00:12:48And just unbelievable

00:12:49And they were going for

00:12:50Five in a row

00:12:5082

00:12:5182

00:12:51And the last ball

00:12:53Came in

00:12:54As we all here

00:12:55Described it

00:12:56From Richie Connor

00:12:56Into Seamus Derby

00:12:57The big debate

00:12:58Did he push

00:12:59Or did he not

00:12:59I'm not going to go into that

00:13:00Behave yourself now

00:13:01Yeah

00:13:01But Offaly is a wonderful county

00:13:03Not because my friend

00:13:04Is the footballer

00:13:04Thank you very very much

00:13:07But I mean

00:13:09They're the only county in Ireland

00:13:10To have all stars

00:13:11In every position

00:13:11For a small county

00:13:12I know they inspired

00:13:14My own county

00:13:15To try and go

00:13:15And win the All-Ireland

00:13:16But anyway

00:13:171982

00:13:17Seamus Derby

00:13:18And I have a hurling moment

00:13:20As well

00:13:20But the football one

00:13:21Is Seamus Derby

00:13:22Scoring that winning goal

00:13:23Against Kerry

00:13:23Okay

00:13:23Let's have a look

00:13:25A high-laping

00:13:26Dropping ball

00:13:27In towards the goal

00:13:28A shot

00:13:29And a goal

00:13:30A goal

00:13:31A goal

00:13:32For Offaly

00:13:33There was a goal

00:13:34In the game

00:13:35A goal

00:13:36People in Kerry

00:13:39Jerseys

00:13:40Leaving the audience

00:13:41There as we speak

00:13:41Eugene McGee

00:13:42The manager

00:13:43He did an interview

00:13:44Either before or afterwards

00:13:45And he was asked

00:13:46I think by the late Mick Dunn

00:13:47And you know

00:13:49What would this mean

00:13:50For Offaly to win the All-Ireland

00:13:51He says

00:13:51Well no Mick

00:13:52They've trained twice a week

00:13:54And to be honest with you

00:13:55They haven't touched

00:13:56A drop of drink

00:13:57Since Wednesday

00:13:57And that was the era

00:13:59That was the time

00:14:00Not I'm talking about drink

00:14:01But I'm just talking about

00:14:02It was training twice a week

00:14:03Play a match

00:14:04And that was it

00:14:04But the other moment for me

00:14:06To give a hurling moment

00:14:07Is a game I love

00:14:08Is 1987

00:14:09Munster Championship

00:14:10Cork against Limerick

00:14:11What a goal this is

00:14:13John

00:14:13You can't hardly see it

00:14:14And he scored the goal

00:14:16Look at this

00:14:17Put it in right

00:14:18Comes for John Fenton

00:14:20Oh what a brilliant goal

00:14:22Unbelievable

00:14:26Well I mean it hasn't been done

00:14:32Really before or since

00:14:33So that shows you

00:14:34How good that was

00:14:35And that's the beauty

00:14:36Of ground hurling

00:14:36Which we don't see enough of now

00:14:38I mean John Fenton

00:14:39Is now chairman of Middleton

00:14:40But that ball

00:14:41That he struck in Thurlis

00:14:41Was against the late

00:14:42Tommy Quaid

00:14:43One of the nicest

00:14:44Gentleman I knew

00:14:45But also one of the

00:14:46Greatest goalkeepers

00:14:46And I mean nobody saw it

00:14:49Nobody was saying that

00:14:50So they're my two moments

00:14:51And there's many of them

00:14:52Stephen Cluxton's winning point

00:14:54I mean I love David Clifford

00:14:56We're still waiting

00:14:57To mention something about Mayo

00:14:58No no no no

00:14:59Well how about now

00:15:00Let me think

00:15:01Let me think

00:15:02Not just from all of us

00:15:03Well look

00:15:03While he's thinking

00:15:04While he's thinking about Mayo

00:15:05Cora can you give us a moment

00:15:09You know obviously

00:15:11You've played in Crow Park

00:15:12You've made moments yourself

00:15:14I believe you've got one

00:15:15Which was redemption for you

00:15:17Yeah I suppose

00:15:18I picked a personal moment

00:15:19From one of the All-Irelands

00:15:20In 2002

00:15:22When we won the All-Ireland

00:15:24We had lost the All-Ireland

00:15:25The year before

00:15:25In 2001

00:15:26Against Sleash

00:15:27Myself and the goalkeeper

00:15:29At the time

00:15:29Were probably the cause

00:15:30Of us losing

00:15:31A free was given away

00:15:32For a rule

00:15:33That we were unsure of

00:15:34And 47 seconds on the clock

00:15:36The clock was backed in

00:15:37And Leach put the ball

00:15:38Over the bar

00:15:39And we lost

00:15:39So came back

00:15:40And won the All-Ireland

00:15:41The following year in 2002

00:15:42And it was an extra special year

00:15:44For me because

00:15:44Obviously club is what

00:15:46It's all about

00:15:46Eight weeks after

00:15:47We had won the

00:15:48All-Ireland here at Mayo

00:15:50We went on and won the club

00:15:52Or club All-Ireland

00:15:53With Carnacoon

00:15:54So two All-Ireland medals

00:15:55In eight weeks

00:15:56Was a lovely thing to do

00:15:57But yeah for me

00:15:59That was redemption

00:15:59I remember hugging

00:16:00Denise Horne

00:16:01Our goalkeeper

00:16:01Straight afterwards

00:16:02Because

00:16:03The two of us

00:16:03Would have taken

00:16:04A lot of abuse

00:16:05In the media

00:16:05For not knowing

00:16:06The rules

00:16:07Of picking the ball

00:16:08Up inside the 21s

00:16:09So yeah

00:16:10Any day in Crowe Park

00:16:11Especially in

00:16:11Twin and All-Ireland

00:16:12As us Mayo

00:16:13People know

00:16:13They're hard

00:16:14To win

00:16:15But yeah

00:16:15That was a really

00:16:16Extra special day

00:16:17We have a really good thing to do

00:16:18We have a really good thing to do

00:16:20We have another

00:16:22J moments that we think

00:16:24Deserves a mention

00:16:25When it comes to some of the greatest of all time

00:16:28We have a man who helped make it

00:16:29With us this evening

00:16:30Where is Terry Madigan?

00:16:34Where is Terry?

00:16:35How are you getting on Terry?

00:16:36I very well thank you

00:16:37Are you well?

00:16:38Hang on

00:16:38I'll sit on your knee

00:16:40That'll be okay

00:16:41There you are

00:16:42That's fine

00:16:42That's a cuddle

00:16:43You can nurse me

00:16:44You can nurse me

00:16:45Now tell me Terry

00:16:46About this amazing event

00:16:48That took place in 1986

00:16:49Down in Limerie

00:16:50We were looking to raise funds

00:16:52For our club

00:16:53And I was looking at different ideas

00:16:56A different way of doing it

00:16:57So we

00:16:59I contacted Guinness Book

00:17:02And looked to know

00:17:04If they'd accept a record

00:17:07If we did it

00:17:08And they said they would

00:17:09There was a few rules and regulations

00:17:10So you guys decided

00:17:11That you would play

00:17:13The longest Gaelic football match

00:17:15In history

00:17:16That is correct

00:17:17Yes

00:17:17Okay

00:17:17Which was going to take

00:17:1960 hours

00:17:20Yes

00:17:21Did anybody think you were mad?

00:17:24A lot of people thought I was mad

00:17:26Yes

00:17:26But it helped

00:17:27I can tell you

00:17:28But

00:17:29We were allowed no subs

00:17:31Whatsoever

00:17:32The same 14 staff

00:17:33That had finished

00:17:34Wow

00:17:34The

00:17:35If one guy got knocked out

00:17:38The Guinness people would accept that

00:17:40Because

00:17:41No but

00:17:41I'm just saying

00:17:42It could be for fatigue

00:17:43It could be injury

00:17:44Okay

00:17:45But if the second guy went

00:17:46At the same time

00:17:47The game was over

00:17:48And how did you convince anybody

00:17:50In your village

00:17:52To do this?

00:17:53It was so easy

00:17:54I went to 13 other guys

00:17:56And each one of them

00:17:57Within two minutes

00:17:58There you are

00:17:59Said

00:17:59We'll do it

00:18:01And we had

00:18:02The team

00:18:03Both teams

00:18:04Seven aside

00:18:05Picked within one night

00:18:07Okay

00:18:08We've all watched games

00:18:09That we've wanted to end

00:18:10How did it feel

00:18:11Towards the end

00:18:12For you guys

00:18:13Unbelievable

00:18:14Unbelievable

00:18:15Unbelievable

00:18:16But just to let me break it down

00:18:18Look this is actual footage here

00:18:20This is the

00:18:20All of the parish out

00:18:22There's a goal

00:18:24That's right yes

00:18:24Obviously there was

00:18:25A lot of backroom

00:18:27Staff

00:18:28There's the band

00:18:29Yes but

00:18:31Just to let you know

00:18:32At six o'clock

00:18:33On Friday morning

00:18:34We started playing

00:18:35We had to play

00:18:37All day Friday

00:18:38All night Friday night

00:18:40All day Saturday

00:18:41All day Saturday night

00:18:43And Sunday evening

00:18:44Until 6pm

00:18:46I believe there was a low point

00:18:48Yeah

00:18:48There was a point

00:18:54Where you needed a wee bit of support

00:18:57Off the sidelines

00:18:58Late in the evening

00:18:59Tell us about that

00:18:59That's correct

00:19:00Saturday night

00:19:00Was a horrible night

00:19:02It poured rain

00:19:03The morale went down

00:19:05Obviously

00:19:06And about one o'clock

00:19:07The wives came out

00:19:09They saw we were in trouble

00:19:10And they actually went around the field

00:19:12Calling us

00:19:13And supporting us

00:19:14Encouraging us

00:19:15And we just clicked in again

00:19:17And got going again

00:19:18But the medical team

00:19:20We had in the background

00:19:21Had a huge bearing also

00:19:22In the completion of it

00:19:25And do you remember the final score?

00:19:30I don't

00:19:31All I know is that

00:19:32We scored the exact same amount

00:19:36Pines 227 each

00:19:38We won by 100

00:19:40The team that won

00:19:41Won by 107 goals

00:19:43There was over

00:19:44There was

00:19:45There was over

00:19:461,100 goals scored

00:19:50There you go

00:19:50In the time

00:19:51And Terry will be part

00:19:52Of the new committee

00:19:53For the new rules

00:19:54Which are coming in

00:19:56This is all

00:19:57In a brilliant documentary

00:19:58Dockon won the longest game

00:20:00And RTA

00:20:01Give it up

00:20:01One more time

00:20:02For Terry

00:20:02Well played

00:20:03Brilliant

00:20:04You know Marty

00:20:13Just listening to that

00:20:14You know

00:20:14You go up and down

00:20:15The country

00:20:15You're in clubs

00:20:16Week after week

00:20:17That is just the type

00:20:18Of support

00:20:19And coming together

00:20:20Throughout the parishes

00:20:21You know

00:20:21And we've seen it

00:20:22This week as well

00:20:22With people coming together

00:20:24That the GA can help

00:20:25Yeah

00:20:25And in my travels

00:20:27I suppose I have my finger

00:20:28On the pulse

00:20:29Because I see what's happening

00:20:29There's a lot of

00:20:30Rural depopulation

00:20:32And I know before Christmas

00:20:33I did three reports

00:20:34One was

00:20:35I just wanted to give an idea

00:20:37Of what was happening

00:20:37Around the country

00:20:38Because there are challenges

00:20:39Particularly for the GA

00:20:40And indeed for other

00:20:41Sporting associations as well

00:20:42In South Kerry for instance

00:20:44Which has produced

00:20:45Mick O'Connell

00:20:45Mick O'Dewire

00:20:46The great Jack O'Connor

00:20:47Who I was having tea

00:20:48In his house last week

00:20:49And he makes lovely scones

00:20:49By the way

00:20:50Just beside the point

00:20:51But anyway

00:20:51That's an inside

00:20:52Exclusive story there

00:20:53But like

00:20:54In primary school

00:20:56In junior infants

00:20:57In September

00:20:58In 12 national schools

00:21:00There was only 83

00:21:02New pupils starting

00:21:03So you can see

00:21:04Where that would go

00:21:04In Cork

00:21:05There's a different situation

00:21:07Glen Rovers

00:21:07And the piercing

00:21:08In the north side of Cork City

00:21:09Are facing a situation

00:21:10Where once upon a time

00:21:11There were three or four

00:21:12Minor teams

00:21:12Now they've only got one

00:21:13It's the lack of buildings

00:21:15New houses being built

00:21:16Ballyvaland has 700 houses

00:21:18Being built at the moment

00:21:19But we now have

00:21:20Thanks be to God

00:21:21We have a multicultural

00:21:21Multi-international population

00:21:24Which means the volunteer

00:21:25In these clubs

00:21:25Will have a challenge

00:21:26And in contrast to that

00:21:28Because that could be said

00:21:29About any county

00:21:30I just happen to do it

00:21:31In contrast to that

00:21:32Dublin don't have

00:21:33They have too many people

00:21:35In some ways

00:21:36Their problem is facilities

00:21:37And you think of

00:21:38Great clubs like Kula

00:21:39Who didn't have a pitch

00:21:40And they were

00:21:41Taking out from

00:21:42The Dublin local authorities

00:21:43And they won the

00:21:44All-Ireland club

00:21:45Hurling and football

00:21:46Which shows you

00:21:47The spirit that is there

00:21:49It doesn't matter

00:21:50I'm from a small

00:21:50Fishing village

00:21:51On the west coast of Clare

00:21:52Football is what

00:21:53We live and breathe

00:21:54That's what makes us tick

00:21:56Now we love our

00:21:57Traditional music as well

00:21:58And our dancing

00:21:58But it's football

00:21:59Is the key

00:21:59And that's true

00:22:00Whether it's in

00:22:01Urban Ireland

00:22:01Like in Kula

00:22:02Suburb of Dublin

00:22:03And Dawki

00:22:04But there are challenges

00:22:05And to the great credit

00:22:06Of Croke Park

00:22:08They put together

00:22:09A committee

00:22:10Benny Hurl was the chairman

00:22:11And Dr Peter Horgan

00:22:12Was involved as well

00:22:13And they realise

00:22:14That they have

00:22:15Challenges ahead

00:22:16Amalgamations are now

00:22:17Popular

00:22:17Not popular

00:22:18But they're common

00:22:19Everywhere

00:22:19But I do believe

00:22:21That motions will come

00:22:22Before Congress

00:22:23In next month now

00:22:24Actually in February

00:22:25Which will allow

00:22:26Clubs and county boards

00:22:27To be a little bit

00:22:28More flexible

00:22:28Not to have 15 aside

00:22:29But maybe have 13 aside

00:22:31Or 11 aside

00:22:31So they are aware

00:22:33And to their credit

00:22:34They're taking on

00:22:34The challenge

00:22:35Cora

00:22:36We have talked

00:22:37About memories

00:22:38Here this evening

00:22:39You mentioned Mayo

00:22:40Earlier on

00:22:41Future memories

00:22:42Do we think

00:22:43There's a chance

00:22:43You might take the Mayo job

00:22:44And finally

00:22:45Get the job done

00:22:46I'm certainly

00:22:48Leaving that to Andy

00:22:49At the moment

00:22:49No we have a great man

00:22:51There

00:22:52And the enthusiasm

00:22:53And everything is back

00:22:55In Mayo

00:22:55Last weekend's victory

00:22:57In Pearce Stadium

00:22:58And Andy brings so much

00:22:59Energy and everything

00:23:00To it

00:23:01So I have a feeling

00:23:02It's going to be a good year

00:23:03For Andy and the Mayo team

00:23:04I don't want to put

00:23:05Too much pressure on them

00:23:05Is this the year?

00:23:07I'm not going to put

00:23:08Any pressure on them

00:23:09But no

00:23:10To answer your question

00:23:11You know

00:23:12In whatever amount

00:23:13Of years times

00:23:14I'd love to see

00:23:15Some female involved

00:23:16As an inter-county manager

00:23:17Wherever that is

00:23:18You know

00:23:19It's really really important

00:23:20I'm involved

00:23:21In a senior club team

00:23:22In Mayo

00:23:23There's not many

00:23:24Females coaching

00:23:25Within the whole of Ireland

00:23:26So it's really important

00:23:27That they're there

00:23:28Is it a dream

00:23:29Or an aspiration

00:23:30Who knows

00:23:31But you know

00:23:32I'd love to see

00:23:33Before I pass away

00:23:33That Mayo certainly

00:23:34Win the All-Ireland

00:23:35Anyways

00:23:35And I'd have to say

00:23:36Patrick

00:23:36Here

00:23:37I'd have to say

00:23:38If Mayo

00:23:41Mayo for Sam 2026

00:23:42Is what I would say

00:23:43But if Mayo win

00:23:44You don't have to have

00:23:45Any Mayo blood

00:23:45But it would be

00:23:46The biggest party

00:23:47In Ireland

00:23:48Ever

00:23:48In the history of Ireland

00:23:50Because everybody

00:23:50Would love to see

00:23:51Mayo win the All-Ireland

00:23:52That is the truth

00:23:53There you go

00:23:53Let's see

00:23:54Let's see

00:23:58I'm not too sure

00:24:00I'm sure

00:24:01There's a few Galway people

00:24:02That certainly

00:24:03Wouldn't like to see

00:24:04Well look

00:24:06We wish you all the best

00:24:08We wish Galway all the best

00:24:09We wish awfully all the best

00:24:10We wish Kerry all the best

00:24:12We wish you all

00:24:13All the best

00:24:14One more time

00:24:15Cora Stanton

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00:26:02In the next part of the show

00:26:03Here we go

00:26:04Go on Marty

00:26:04Come on Patrick

00:26:05Here we go

00:26:05And tonight

00:26:07It's a show of four halves

00:26:08And we're almost at the end of part one

00:26:10Coming up

00:26:11We have the mighty Brogan family

00:26:13A Dublin dynasty

00:26:14But wait

00:26:15Coming from Knockmore

00:26:16And County Mayo

00:26:16Is the multi-talented

00:26:18Loretta Blewett

00:26:19Sharp

00:26:19Fearless

00:26:20But just when you think

00:26:21It's going to be all about Dublin and Mayo

00:26:23I am telling you

00:26:25That Westmead's common war

00:26:26Is in the building

00:26:27And nobody knows

00:26:28Nobody knows

00:26:30Who in the name of God

00:26:31Would be on his team

00:26:32He could be anyone

00:26:32And we'll hear the roar tonight

00:26:34For the representatives

00:26:35Of the All-Ireland Senior Cup champions

00:26:37Hurling

00:26:37Football

00:26:38Komolgi

00:26:38And ladies football

00:26:39There won't be a conference

00:26:47In studio four

00:26:48We'll be right back

00:26:50We'll be right back

00:27:18GAA special

00:27:20Where my next guests

00:27:21Are the pride of the hill

00:27:22And legends of Dublin

00:27:24GAA

00:27:24Who between them

00:27:25Have pulled on

00:27:25The famous blue jersey

00:27:27For over five decades

00:27:28With 14 senior

00:27:30All-Ireland medals

00:27:31Between them

00:27:32All under the one roof

00:27:34The most impressive

00:27:35Feat of all

00:27:36Is in a house full of dubs

00:27:38They still have to answer

00:27:39To a Kerry woman

00:27:40Would you please welcome

00:27:41The GAA dynasty

00:27:43That is

00:27:44The Brogans

00:27:45Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:48Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:50Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:52Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:54Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:56Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:57Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:58Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive

00:27:59Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive, Alive

00:28:08Look, guys, you know, the Kennedys, the Kardashians, the Brogans,

00:28:12what does it feel like to be part of a family dynasty?

00:28:17That's the lads. That's the lads.

00:28:19Yeah. What do you reckon, Bernard?

00:28:21Well, he started a party and, as you said, married a Kerry woman,

00:28:24so the Dublin-Kerry connection is a big part of it.

00:28:27But we grew up on tales of the Dublin-Kerry days

00:28:30and my dad scoring a big goal in Crowe Park that I hope you'll talk about.

00:28:34Oh, don't you worry. We're definitely going to talk about that.

00:28:37In a year of Kerry, man, it's nice to show a goal for the Dubs.

00:28:41Yeah, no, it's fair enough, but I didn't realise,

00:28:43because, you know, I grew up watching you and, you know,

00:28:47Hefo's army and the Dubs coming back from the ashes

00:28:50and that great rivalry in the 70s,

00:28:51I didn't realise that you went above and beyond

00:28:54to infiltrate the enemy, Bernard.

00:28:57Hard work. Yeah? Hard work, I did it.

00:29:00You can tell she's not here tonight when you're saying that.

00:29:02No, I'm not here tonight. I mean, I worked in Kerry for a year and a half

00:29:05and while we were down there, I met Jimmy Dane and Jimmy and she used to be Maria

00:29:08and we got married and this is the result here that's for us.

00:29:10And this is the result.

00:29:13So Bernard, of course, spoke about the goal.

00:29:17That was one of the first goals that I ever remember, you know,

00:29:20sitting on the carpet and done drum.

00:29:23This legendary goal, talk us through.

00:29:27Yeah, I mean, just as an aside, I mean,

00:29:30when I started playing with Dublin in 74, we hadn't played,

00:29:33we hadn't won a last championship match for five years, six years.

00:29:36So it was extraordinary the way the whole thing happened.

00:29:39And we won the All-Ireland in 74, I twisted my knee,

00:29:42I didn't play in 74, I had a crucial ligament in my knee.

00:29:46And all they're talking about was I worked on the oil rigs,

00:29:50which me and I made that famous thing, that comment about drilling for oil.

00:29:54I was in Cherbourg listening to the Leinster final on a cliff in a car,

00:30:02listening to the Leinster final in Cherbourg in 1977

00:30:06and I came back for the semi-final.

00:30:09And we all know where we were, we all know this amazing moment,

00:30:13an amazing goal, an amazing commentary.

00:30:15This is as good as it gets, take it away, Michael.

00:30:20In now to Bernard Brogan, he's in front of the goal,

00:30:23he can't miss, he hasn't.

00:30:35It's a goal, a goal, Bernard Brogan.

00:30:38He pays that for us every Christmas day.

00:30:40What, just every Christmas?

00:30:41I mean, when did you start realising what a hero this man was?

00:30:44I had a tough L coming up, so I had my dad and my two brothers.

00:30:50So obviously, I was late to the game,

00:30:53so they were well established when I got around.

00:30:55So, yeah, look, I was very lucky to be coming along.

00:31:00They guided me in the right direction, let's say.

00:31:03I mean, Alan, you went on to make your own history.

00:31:05Was it inevitable that you were going to follow this man's footsteps?

00:31:09Yeah, I think, like as Bernard said,

00:31:10I was always obviously in the house.

00:31:11And it's a question we've often been asked, was there pressure?

00:31:15So there was never any pressure.

00:31:16In fact, my dad actually managed my soccer team.

00:31:19That's how little pressure there was to play Gaelic football.

00:31:22But it's a question that's often been asked.

00:31:24I suppose there's a few things along the way,

00:31:26like my Uncle Jimmy was a selector on the team from 91 to 95.

00:31:30We used to travel to a lot of matches.

00:31:31So I suppose we were probably exposed to a lot of it.

00:31:34So that probably helped.

00:31:35Obviously, there's a little bit of kind of school and the club and all as well.

00:31:38And I think for myself, I started playing in 2002 and got a little bit of luck

00:31:43with Tommy Lyons coming in as a manager as well.

00:31:45He wanted to go for a youthful team.

00:31:47He put a load of young lads in it, which I was one.

00:31:50And it started well for me from there.

00:31:51But I suppose, were we always going to play?

00:31:54It was always, yeah, look, it was always at home and the house.

00:31:57We always loved playing football.

00:31:59And I don't know if it was written in the stars or not.

00:32:01Like Alan's talking there, you know, about him managing the soccer team.

00:32:04Whenever he was, you know, standing along the sidelines for an under-12 game,

00:32:08you know, people would assume that having this man in your corner was enough.

00:32:11But actually, your mother would have been more formidable along the sidelines, Bernard.

00:32:16Yeah, she was well known across all sidelines.

00:32:18And she actually was very nervous at times in games and aggressive at times.

00:32:22But in Crowe Park, she used to walk to the back of it.

00:32:23She couldn't watch us play.

00:32:24She used to walk to the back of the stadium.

00:32:25She got to know all the stewards.

00:32:27But a story down in a local rival game where I was getting a few clips off a lad.

00:32:32She'd come on the pitch one day with an umbrella, trying to clip him.

00:32:35And I was trying to hold her back.

00:32:36She would have probably got a dig off the fella that was clipping me.

00:32:39So, yeah, she was, they were both on their sidelines as kids.

00:32:42And that was a big part of us.

00:32:44It wasn't pressure, but there was an environment there to get out there and enjoy ourselves.

00:32:47And my dad actually had 10-year tickets in the Canal End when we were playing.

00:32:52And my mum used to watch the first five, ten minutes of a match.

00:32:55And then she'd be gone.

00:32:56So she got no use out of the 10-year tickets.

00:32:58She'd been better off at home watching it on the TV, but I suppose it was nervous times.

00:33:02And in those days, we were losing probably more of the big matches than we were winning, unfortunately.

00:33:06Yeah, I played from 2002 to 2011 and didn't play in our own final.

00:33:10Nine years.

00:33:11Even though we all think now today that Dublin are dominant.

00:33:14But at that time, nine years without getting to a final.

00:33:16Yeah.

00:33:17It was a long time coming whenever the drought finally broke.

00:33:21Paul, you were 16 before you even really took a notion that you wanted to play Gaelic.

00:33:27Why was that?

00:33:29Well, I was abruptly told.

00:33:34I saw you a couple of times that there was an article, I won't tell what paper it was,

00:33:37but an article about, and I was discussing my dad's career and how the goal and how exceptional he is.

00:33:41And then Alan was already well-established at that kind of stage and how well he's doing.

00:33:45And Bruno was starting to come along, you know, and really starting to look like he's going to be the next thing.

00:33:49And then he goes, then Paul plays golf.

00:33:50So that was it.

00:33:52He was a good golfer.

00:33:53Yeah, he was a very good golfer, but that was the end of my golfing career.

00:33:55But since then, now all I seem to be reckoned as far as to be dancing now, since then.

00:34:00And I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, because I'm a terrible dancer.

00:34:02So I don't know if that's translating either way.

00:34:05Well, look, I mean, you know, a brilliant footballer, we actually, you know,

00:34:07we have a picture of you here in the famous Dublin strip.

00:34:13Is that the away strip of the trailer strip?

00:34:15So I've got to wear that to know you, so it'd be my wouldn't let me.

00:34:17You spoke about, you know, 2011 there, Bernard, you know, and how long the wait was, you know,

00:34:25and you guys were there.

00:34:26The emotion that day, Alan, talk us through the emotion and what it meant.

00:34:30Well, what it meant to the whole of Dublin, you know, let alone your family.

00:34:33Yeah, well, I think that said, like, I'd been on the road nine or ten years at that stage.

00:34:36I'd lost four, four All-Ireland semi-finals until we managed to win one in 2011.

00:34:41And I think kind of winning that match, and we all remember, it was obviously a special moment.

00:34:45I think that the outpouring of emotion, not just with the team, right across the whole of Dublin,

00:34:51was amazing for the three or four months after.

00:34:53And, like, it was amazing to see how much it meant to there.

00:34:55There's my little lad, Jamie, there on the TV.

00:34:57He's not so little anymore.

00:34:58I'll be happy with that.

00:35:00But it was a huge, it was so big in the city at the time.

00:35:03And I was, that's, we went on to win, like, a few All-Irelands after that.

00:35:06The other five in a row after that.

00:35:07But I think that year will, it'll never be, it'll never be repeated, I don't think,

00:35:11in our lifetime, what Dubs experience, what the team, the Dubs experience.

00:35:15What I love is you telling that story and just the smile on your face.

00:35:20What was it like to have those boys out there?

00:35:22You asked some of the other guys about the best moment in Gaelic football.

00:35:26Bernard got the ball, he put it on the ground, and he called Stephen Cluckson up.

00:35:31And Stephen Cluckson came up and pulled it over the bar.

00:35:33It was just, it was a little out of Bernard's ranch.

00:35:36That was your happiest moment, me passing the ball over.

00:35:45I thought it was good, I thought it was a wee bit of time wasting there just to get the clock down, you know.

00:35:49And then there was another thing you did, didn't you?

00:35:50You were doing a bit of that.

00:35:52Testing the wind.

00:35:52You were testing the wind as well.

00:35:53There was as much time as we could.

00:35:54Legendary stuff.

00:35:55There was a bit of a sibling connection between you guys, wasn't there?

00:35:59A bit of a psychic connection on the pitch between yourself and Alan.

00:36:02When Alan retired, I started to get less balls kicked into me.

00:36:06In fairness, Alan was a corner forward.

00:36:07When I came in, I went inside, he was more of an engine, he was a worker.

00:36:11But he used to look for me inside all the time.

00:36:12And Paul Flynn and Dermot Connolly would be a great connection.

00:36:15When Alan went away and finished up and retired, the ball started to come in fewer and far between.

00:36:20And then the game got more condensed.

00:36:22But I'd love to play the game it is now, with the way it's opened up a bit now.

00:36:25And there's a chance to get a ball one-on-one again.

00:36:27So it's great to see the game back.

00:36:29Is this your way of saying you're available for this season first?

00:36:32Well, we're just trying to get Alan back.

00:36:34He said he had a hamstring injury, but we're trying to get him back for the over-40s now.

00:36:38Any chance?

00:36:39We're accruing for the over-40s.

00:36:40We're accruing for the over-40s if you get one more All-Ireland.

00:36:42So, look, let's talk about the next generation.

00:36:47Because, obviously, 2011, that started a run of, you know, seven All-Irelands.

00:36:51There was a Brogan on every team.

00:36:54You've got the kids now, I'm assuming, there.

00:36:57Are they steeped in it?

00:36:58They are playing, yeah.

00:36:59We have five boys between us and a little girl, Africa.

00:37:02Brennan's a little girl, Africa.

00:37:03So, look, they're all playing.

00:37:05They're all playing lots of sports.

00:37:06And I suppose we've taken a little bit, like, my old mum and dad.

00:37:09There's not too much pressure on them to play.

00:37:11They're all playing soccer.

00:37:12They're playing Gaelic.

00:37:13They're doing athletics and so on.

00:37:14So, I think that's the best way for any kid to be.

00:37:17Look, you don't want to put pressure on any kid.

00:37:18But it would be great if we saw one of them up there in a blue jersey one day.

00:37:22But what will be, will be.

00:37:23What would that mean to you, Bernard, if you saw us?

00:37:25Oh, look, it's special.

00:37:26I go out every week with the kids.

00:37:29And we had the most amazing time when the lads were growing up.

00:37:32And I'm looking forward to having to...

00:37:34I hope I'll last long enough to see them playing, you know.

00:37:36So, by the time the kids grow up, I mean, I'd be an old man.

00:37:40I've been older than I am today.

00:37:42Well, look, by the looks of the handshake that you gave me there

00:37:45whenever you come out, I reckon you can still do a job at full forward.

00:37:49Now, stay on with us.

00:37:51We'll have one more time for the Brogans.

00:37:52And there's a good chance of a schmazzle in the parallelogram

00:38:02as we bring on some players who haven't made training all season

00:38:06but who still think they can come in in the final and do a job for us.

00:38:09Would you please welcome the all-star full forward line

00:38:12of Gerlach Nain, Joe Brawley, Tommy Tiernan and more,

00:38:16a.k.a. Mr Conor Moore!

00:38:31Welcome to the show, fella. How are you getting on?

00:38:38I'm doing well. How are you?

00:38:39Yeah, great. Thanks for having me.

00:38:41Look, we know you're doing golf, you do F1, you do all types of sport

00:38:45but in the heart, it's GAA.

00:38:48I know, yeah, I love the GAA, I have to say.

00:38:50My career started in a dressing room in Mullingara-Shamrox,

00:38:53taking the Mick out of people.

00:38:54So, that's pretty much that's exactly where I started.

00:38:57And the GAA for me has two things that I need.

00:39:00It has great characters and great storylines.

00:39:01Even this year with the new rules and everything,

00:39:03it's just, it's never-ending, you know.

00:39:05I love it.

00:39:05I mean, the new rules, you know, a lot of people,

00:39:07whenever they were, you know, the new rules were coming in

00:39:09and people were doubting how that was going to go

00:39:11and everybody now seems to be a convert to the new rules.

00:39:15I mean, even the Hurland people themselves,

00:39:17like, I mean, Gerlach Nain, I mean, he's, he's,

00:39:19is he a fan?

00:39:21Oh, absolutely.

00:39:22What's that going on with you, eh?

00:39:28Now, is it a better game, football?

00:39:31Yes, but I have a few wishes with it, Pat, right?

00:39:33Absolutely.

00:39:34There's some of the rules I can't get my head around, eh?

00:39:35This whole thing of giving the ball back to a fella

00:39:38after you foul him, eh?

00:39:39What sort of walk, walk is that?

00:39:41Eh?

00:39:41Oh, here, have the ball back.

00:39:42Let's be friends, eh?

00:39:44Oh, sure, I'll kick the three for you, eh?

00:39:47If a fella ever asked me for the ball back,

00:39:49I'd lay him out like a yoga mat.

00:39:51And so, look, and it, and it's very, very confusing as well.

00:39:53I mean, you've now one-pinters, and you've two-pinters,

00:39:56and you've three-pinters, you've green flags,

00:39:57and orange flags, and the whole lot.

00:39:58I mean, we had a football match down in Clare last week,

00:40:00and we still don't have the result.

00:40:03I know we don't have the result, right?

00:40:05Now, listen, is it a better game?

00:40:06Yes, right?

00:40:07It has improved, right?

00:40:08And I'd be thinking, how can we improve hollering, right?

00:40:11Or at least make it a little bit more violent, right?

00:40:14Now, and I think, I'm going to Congress next month

00:40:16with a rule change, I want to get rid of the black hair,

00:40:19we do not need a black hair in hollering, right?

00:40:21We don't need a yellow card, and we don't need a red card.

00:40:24The only cards we need in hollering are medical cards,

00:40:26dental cards, and sometimes you might need a mask card.

00:40:29Absolutely.

00:40:35I mean, so these new rules, they're good for players,

00:40:37they're good for managers, I mean,

00:40:39do you reckon they're good for, are they good for pundits?

00:40:41Yeah, I think Joe Broly's a big fan of the money.

00:40:44Let's put a big smile on Joe's face.

00:40:45A second.

00:40:49No, hold on a second now.

00:41:00Well, I think the new rules are absolutely wonderful,

00:41:03so they are.

00:41:04You know, genuinely, you know,

00:41:05it's a forwards game again, isn't it, Al?

00:41:07You know, it genuinely is, you know,

00:41:08you see Michael Murphy's back playing, you know,

00:41:10you know, Bernard's back playing junior, he is, you know.

00:41:13I'm back playing junior B, I am,

00:41:15with my new club, Knockmore, you know,

00:41:18in my adopted county, Mayo, I'm living in Mayona, you know.

00:41:20I know you are, yeah.

00:41:21And, you know, they thought they were cursed before.

00:41:23Genuinely.

00:41:24But, genuinely.

00:41:27No, it happened, you know, I'm playing junior B,

00:41:29you know, it happened by accident, you know.

00:41:30I went down to watch, I didn't intend on playing, you know.

00:41:32But the manager says, he says,

00:41:34Joe, we need you to play, we're in big trouble.

00:41:35He says, we're low on numbers, you know.

00:41:37And I says, you know,

00:41:38Tony, I'm 56, you know, I'm too old.

00:41:40He says, Joe, it's junior B.

00:41:43You're the youngest guy we've got.

00:41:44So, I went out, and I played,

00:41:47and it was absolutely wonderful, you know.

00:41:49And we were underdogs, you know,

00:41:50with a lot of injuries and stuff.

00:41:51The corner forward pulled his hamstring, you know.

00:41:53Picking up his grandson.

00:41:55You know, the goalkeeper sprang his wrist playing bingo.

00:41:59But I got mad at the match I did, you know.

00:42:01I was brilliant, so I was.

00:42:02I scored 52 goals and 27 points, so I did Burnley.

00:42:05That's a true story, I wouldn't exaggerate.

00:42:09Anyway, people will be asking me,

00:42:10what's it like living in Mayo?

00:42:12You know, they're always saying, you know,

00:42:13when I see it, it reminds me of, you know,

00:42:15working at RTE, you know.

00:42:17I'm fairly sure they don't want me there.

00:42:26I mean, you do the pundits, you do the managers.

00:42:31You ever tempted to do the players?

00:42:34Would you believe?

00:42:35I've not really done any players, G8 players.

00:42:37A lot of media bands don't really speak.

00:42:39The only player I have done, actually,

00:42:40is Bernard Brogan.

00:42:41All right.

00:42:43The only player I ever did was Bernard Brogan.

00:42:45Okay, so.

00:42:45It's been a few years.

00:42:47Go on, ask me questions.

00:42:48Yeah, ask me questions.

00:42:48Blum.

00:42:48You know, look, I mean, Dublin, of course,

00:42:50you know, famously lost their Leinster title last year.

00:42:53Against me, then...

00:42:54LAUGHTER

00:42:55Against me, then...

00:42:58LAUGHTER

00:42:59Port Leish, do you reckon the Dubs this year

00:43:03might be able to turn it around, Bernard?

00:43:04Yeah, look, it was a really difficult year for the Dubs,

00:43:07you know.

00:43:09You know what?

00:43:10I thought, you know, disappointed to lose to Mead.

00:43:12I thought it was very unfair taking us out of Crowe Park.

00:43:15You know, it really unsettled a lot of the Dublin players,

00:43:17you know, especially those who'd never left the county before.

00:43:19LAUGHTER

00:43:20Desi was getting an awful lot of questions

00:43:22in the lead-up to the game from players,

00:43:24you know, things like, where's Leish?

00:43:25LAUGHTER

00:43:26You know, do we need a passport?

00:43:29Do we need a visa?

00:43:31Do we have to get vaccinated?

00:43:34But, yeah, it was great.

00:43:35And, you know, obviously, it was a dream of mine

00:43:37to play for the Dubs, you know,

00:43:38and it was great to play with my two brothers and all as well,

00:43:40you know, it was great crack, you know,

00:43:41and I remember we always wanted to emulate Die, you know,

00:43:44and put on the Dublin jersey, you know.

00:43:46I remember all the days the two boys would sneak into me room

00:43:49late at night, you know,

00:43:50and we'd be playing football with the Teddy Rooks bin and all,

00:43:52and we'd be kicking it to each other, you know,

00:43:53and then we'd do the post-match interviews

00:43:55with the hairbrush and all,

00:43:56and then we'd jump onto the bed

00:43:58and we'd be all wrestling on the bed

00:43:59in little trouble in underpants and all that, you know.

00:44:01And then, of course, you'd get that knock on the door.

00:44:04Bernard, are you going to bed?

00:44:06Me wife would be going mad, so she would.

00:44:07LAUGHTER

00:44:08APPLAUSE

00:44:10LAUGHTER

00:44:11APPLAUSE

00:44:13APPLAUSE

00:44:15LAUGHTER

00:44:16APPLAUSE

00:44:17I mean, is it easy to do an impression of somebody

00:44:22when they're just sitting beside you?

00:44:24Well, I've done Rui on Rui, I've done now Bernou on Bernou.

00:44:28Patrick on Patrick, maybe.

00:44:30Well, good evening, folks.

00:44:31LAUGHTER

00:44:32LAUGHTER

00:44:33And welcome now to the G.A. Special.

00:44:38LAUGHTER

00:44:39I'm your host, Patrick Haley,

00:44:42winner of an All-Ireland Medal with Cardi Dine.

00:44:44LAUGHTER

00:44:45But I don't like to talk about it.

00:44:46LAUGHTER

00:44:47LAUGHTER

00:44:48APPLAUSE

00:44:49Please welcome my next guest,

00:44:53ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Tommy Tiernan!

00:44:55LAUGHTER

00:44:56APPLAUSE

00:44:57Yeah, so, tell me a bit about yourself.

00:45:15Oh, no, wait a minute, this is your show.

00:45:16Oh, yeah, yeah.

00:45:17Sorry.

00:45:17Have you any...

00:45:18You ask me the questions.

00:45:21Any special memories of the G.A. yourself?

00:45:23Well, now, genuinely, now, I love the G.A.

00:45:27Big fan, you know, as a child, growing up, you know, a lot.

00:45:30I was a big fan of the Dubs, actually, you know.

00:45:33So, I've seen them all, you know.

00:45:34I'm a big fan of the Brogans.

00:45:37Really am.

00:45:38You know, I have to say, three lads are great footballers,

00:45:40but for me now, the father was the best of them.

00:45:42LAUGHTER

00:45:43Bernard Senior, this fella here,

00:45:45you were absolutely fantastic, I have to say.

00:45:47You were absolutely fantastic, eh?

00:45:50You must be very proud of the three lads.

00:45:52Especially Ireland down there at the end, eh?

00:45:54And you're looking well as well.

00:45:56It's awful fucking joke.

00:45:58LAUGHTER

00:46:00So, look, you're on the road,

00:46:01you're going to be heading around Ireland.

00:46:03Is there a favourite accent when you're on the road?

00:46:05Eh, I know, I, eh, I, like...

00:46:09The West of Ireland, I always...

00:46:11No feds, lads.

00:46:11I love the old West of Ireland accents.

00:46:13I'm a big fan of the Donegal accent, actually.

00:46:15They're always here somewhere.

00:46:16Yeah, they're in.

00:46:17My wife is from Donegal, actually, so I find it very attractive.

00:46:19Erm...

00:46:20I always...

00:46:21I used to always say...

00:46:22When we moved in together, when we started dating,

00:46:23I used to say...

00:46:24It was like living with, eh...

00:46:26Donegal's Daniel O'Donnell.

00:46:27I used to come home and be like...

00:46:29How are you, love?

00:46:30How are you doing?

00:46:31Ah, sit down.

00:46:32What would you like for your dinner, love?

00:46:33Ah, Jesus, and ah, put your feet up.

00:46:35Now you're working so hard at those wee impressions.

00:46:37You're so funny, so you are.

00:46:39You know, and I love you so do.

00:46:41You're a great wee manny, so you are.

00:46:44We're five years married now.

00:46:46Now it's like living with Donegal's Pierce Doherty.

00:46:49Time and time again, broken promises after broken promises.

00:46:59Can I stay in your house tonight?

00:47:01Er, Connor is on tour around Ireland in February,

00:47:05including dates at the Olympia, the National Opera House in Wexford,

00:47:08the TLT in Drogheda and the Ulster Hall up in Belfast for tickets.

00:47:12See ConorSketches.com.

00:47:15Er, still to come, Connor is going to be staying with us.

00:47:17Our All-Ireland Club champions will be here

00:47:19and Mayo superfan Loretta Blewett will be trying to break the Mayo curse.

00:47:23Don't go away.

00:47:24Back after these.

00:47:25Back after these.

00:47:26.

00:47:40.

00:47:45.

00:47:49.

00:47:50The mighty Conor Moore is still with us

00:48:04At Croke Park they're primed and ready to go Lee and Antoinette are there

00:48:10Give us a wave guys there. They are the rain has stopped. They're ready to kick it for a ticket

00:48:14He's getting a few presents in as you can see it's gonna take a mighty kick to get the job done from where they're standing

00:48:21So to enlist some help to try to get them a wee bit closer to the goals

00:48:25Conor has kindly agreed to help Antoinette and here to help Lee as a Mayo fan

00:48:30Who knows only too well the pain that Croke Park can cause but as someone who has shared a henhouse with Tommy and Hector

00:48:36And a home with Joe Brawley. She also knows how to live with pain. Would you please welcome Loretta Bluett

00:48:44Oh

00:49:03Mayo fans are all up in there. I heard that yeah heard that not more up not more up not more no one from not more here

00:49:09They only let one of us out at a time

00:49:12Look you have by the way those glasses need upgrading their bods. They're women's glasses. You're using Joe's got new glasses. Joe gave me those glasses

00:49:20Well, I'm doing a new pair. Joe actually sent me a text before it come on air

00:49:24This we said please humiliate me tonight

00:49:28Good job. Oh, well, he knows that. Yeah, that's what the glasses did the job. It is. Yeah, no, you are steeped in GA heritage

00:49:34From from an early age. Tell us the history of the GA. Yeah, well, I only grew up obviously in not more good old

00:49:43North Mayo parish a nice rural place

00:49:46Hear what Marty's talking about numbers and rural me rural Ireland and I had to play with the boys like

00:49:52Cora did for a long time I

00:49:55Plague the under eights manager to let me come and play when I was about six and I think when we got to under tens a few more girls started to join so I

00:50:02Yeah, we started our own team and then Cora broke my heart for the entire my entire career because she played for Carna Cun

00:50:09I'm not more and they absolutely hammered us every time we play them in championships

00:50:14So so so you played a bit there was blood sweat and tears

00:50:17You're also in in the back room for a little while you were managing for a bit

00:50:21I was involved with Mayo seniors as logistics officer in

00:50:262015 and I think that might be why the Mayo management got sacked that year

00:50:30Apparently I let mask on a bit longer than I should have and I think the way the game turned out mass should have been a bit longer

00:50:36Yeah, well look

00:50:38Palm Sunday is a long now one and

00:50:40Then I was involved this year or just gone with there our senior ladies just involved in the backroom team

00:50:46So that was great. We got to a county final and we lost story of our lives

00:50:52and I know

00:50:54You know your dad was also a great GA man

00:50:58He died in in December. Yeah

00:51:01Brendan you tell us a bit about Brendan he was a Joe was text me and fill me in on him

00:51:05He sounds like a legendary man

00:51:07Dad was good fun and I told a lot of stories about him on the podcast and

00:51:11He got to a great age 90 years of age and he passed away the old brandy and the the whiskey and the coffees in the morning

00:51:18Certainly did him no harm for a long time and I suppose as most people growing up in the 80s 90s

00:51:24your father didn't take much to do with your upbringing and other than and

00:51:27Rearing you in terms of bringing in money to the house

00:51:30but also my bond with my dad was going to football so he was involved in

00:51:34Coaching in knock more for years and I used to head over to training with him all the time and then obviously

00:51:40He used to come to my matches my mother only came to one football match that I ever played in and I got my ribs broken and

00:51:47She never came again. So yeah, that was a very strong bond that I had with dad and obviously we miss him so much now

00:51:54And the two of them are gone. It's a different household

00:51:56But he was the president of a knock more GA and we laid him out and buried him in his president's jacket

00:52:03So it would have been a good honor to him. He was president in 2010 and he was just a tough man

00:52:08They were made of different stuff those boys when they got tonight as the doctor said in the hospital

00:52:13You don't get to 90 and not be made of tough stuff

00:52:15They had to put two drivers on him in the hospice to help him pass on he was that strong

00:52:20So he was the Chuck Norris of that situation

00:52:23But look, he's he was great man and great stories. You mentioned the hospice there

00:52:28You know, you do a lot of work with the hospice yourself and I know the new hospice is very dear to your heart

00:52:33Yeah, absolutely look at all. We were fortunate as a family after fundraising and been involved with the mayor's common hospice for so long

00:52:40To actually for my dad to spend the last week of his life in the hospice in Castlebar, which was just

00:52:46So special and I got to see the opposite side and the other side the human side of how good the hospice was and

00:52:53We're now undertaking our CEO Martina Jennings is a driving force and

00:52:57And we're now taking on the task of building the first ever children's hospice outside of Dublin and which is going to serve the western sea for seaboard

00:53:07So from Donegal down to Limerick and over to the Midlands and that is going to be called the Sunflower Children's Hospice

00:53:14And I know this man has made a few videos for me already and we look we've we raised we've 7 million already in the bank

00:53:21We've done the other two under budget and in time and

00:53:24We've got another 7 million to raise so if anyone has a spare million or two that they'd like to get rid of tonight

00:53:30You can give me a call after the show. I'd love to take a look

00:53:33You never know who's watching tonight, but I mean the work that you are doing

00:53:35I think it can speak for us all when we say thank you so so much

00:53:39You have agreed to play for Lee in Crow Park tonight

00:53:53I feel sorry for Lee by the way in that rain and those conditions when you rang me first

00:53:57I thought I was going to have to go and kick footballs over the oven

00:54:00Thankfully in these high heels I got to come in here

00:54:02Look I mean, you know it depend on the questions that you answer. This is how close is going to get to the goals

00:54:06You have to say you're going to be playing for Antoinette

00:54:08Perfect. Yeah, absolutely no pressure

00:54:11Jackie is standing by in Crow Park with the pair of them who have a chance to win all our final tickets

00:54:16All they have to do is kick it over the bar to win

00:54:19So here we go guys you're answering questions for Antoinette

00:54:23You're answering questions for Lee for every correct answer you get

00:54:26We're going to move them a little bit closer to the goals to see if they can kick it over the bar. Are you ready to play?

00:54:31Here we go. Let's play kick it for a ticket

00:54:37Okay, first up Larita, how many players are on the field for both teams for a Gillick football hurling camogie match?

00:54:45I know that 15 off you go

00:54:48late, what'd you say ask the question again how many players on the field both teams oh

00:54:54Oh, sorry 30. Oh my god. Stop. You're throwing me a curveball there

00:54:59We'll give it to you. We'll give it to you

00:55:02Okay, Lee moves a bit closer. Connor, what is the name of the famous Terrace in Crow Park love of the dubs?

00:55:08Hill 16. Hill 16. Antoinette is on her way

00:55:12Larita, what county are known as the Lily Whites?

00:55:16My sister lives here, so it's Kildare

00:55:18Brilliant

00:55:20Lee moves a bit closer. Connor, what county did Anna Geary play for?

00:55:24Cork by

00:55:25Cork by

00:55:26Cork by is correct

00:55:28Okay

00:55:30Final question each to see if they can get a little bit closer Larita

00:55:35Which of these players has the most all-stars Pat Spillane, Stephen Kluxner, Colm Cooper

00:55:43Well, Stephen Kluxner didn't get as many as he should have I think and I'm for male

00:55:47And

00:55:48Do you need an answer?

00:55:49Cork by Cooper

00:55:52Pat Spillane

00:55:53Pat Spillane

00:55:54No, I'm a cheat

00:55:54You go over Pat Spillane is the correct answer

00:55:56Okay

00:55:57Oh, well, I'm a cheat

00:55:58I'm a cheat

00:55:59Conor

00:56:00In you go

00:56:00All right

00:56:00To move Antoinette into prime position as well

00:56:04Which of these players has the most all-stars?

00:56:06Henry Shefflin, Tommy Walter, Nicky English

00:56:09oh sure henry henry shefflin is the correct answer

00:56:15they are both in close to the goal jackie let's see what we can do both of them have to kick it

00:56:27for a ticket best of luck here we go no pressure paddy let's just see how they're feeling lee

00:56:33how are you feeling it looks close can you knock this one over i've missed handier ones but i'll

00:56:38give her a go all right lee let's see if he can kick it for a ticket come on lee the whole country's

00:56:46watching yes he's a winner everybody in for mana is a winner well done lee one pair of all ireland

00:56:55tickets for lee let's see if antonette can match it how are you feeling a bit nervous but this is my

00:57:02last chance to ever get a point in crow park well it's a big chance the whole country is watching

00:57:06this is your moment own it antonette off you go

00:57:09yes

00:57:13a white flag two white flags both of them are going to an all ireland final of their choice

00:57:22with a night's day in the crow park hotel how are you feeling

00:57:25what a night paddy and even the weather gods are smiling on us everything has gone

00:57:33absolutely perfect tonight brilliant thank you so so much jackie well done to lee well

00:57:40done to antonette off to an all ireland final off their choice 15 30 we managed to get that

00:57:45pulled around okay i'm not happy i never paid attention to school to be honest i was never

00:57:51great at listening thank you so so much connor and thank you uh lorita just uh as a little

00:57:56thank you i know you're back with the podcast with tommy and hector very soon uh but we have a little

00:58:01special present for you something that uh every mayo supporter dreams of getting their hands on

00:58:06uh look you go here you go lorita oh my god there it is okay and as lorita gets her hands on

00:58:24sam mcguire here's how you can get your hands on tonight's competition roll it there theresa

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01:02:53OK, after the break, we'll be at the heart of what the G.A. is all about

01:02:57when we chat family pride with the club championship winners back after these.

01:03:23Welcome back to our G.A. special, where our studio audience are on their best behaviour.

01:03:33They haven't stuck a ball up their jersey once or swore at the ref this evening, which

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01:04:19and to mark all of that. They have given us two tickets for all of those events

01:04:25for everybody in the audience.

01:04:35Delighted with himself. Now, at the heart of the G.A. is the club and at the very heart

01:04:43of the club is family. So we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the club championship

01:04:47winners than to invite all four of them here tonight with some of the families that helped

01:04:50make it, made it a big day for the parish. Would you please welcome ladies football champions

01:04:57from Kilcarran, Clonberne, Louise and Willie Ward, from Danginikush, men's football champions

01:05:04Paul, Mikey and Niall Daeney, our Camoogie champions from Athen Rye, Sabina, Alwyn and Joe Rabbit,

01:05:10and from Ballygunner, hurling winners Philip, Horik and Mikey Mahoney. Well done, everybody.

01:05:19Well done, everybody. Louise, we'll start with you. Five in a row for you guys in Kilcarran,

01:05:30Clonberne. I mean, does this get old or do you think this is going to go on forever?

01:05:35It's definitely not going to go on forever, but no, it's definitely not getting old. I think,

01:05:40you know, this is very special times for our club. We're a small rural club, you know, in the west of Galway

01:05:46and I suppose to be even competing on the national stage is something, you know,

01:05:50that we never thought we were ever going to be capable of and we've only 140 registered girls.

01:05:54So, you know, it's very special times. Obviously, Dad's our father, but there's a lot of other

01:05:58fathers involved in the management. Well, I was going to ask, I mean, you are, you are, you know,

01:06:03the manager of the team. You're also a dad. I mean, Willie, what is harder? Is it actually

01:06:07managing the team or managing the kids when they get home? Think carefully about this.

01:06:12Yeah, I think it's easier when they're out in the field because they can't answer you back.

01:06:18But really, when they get home then, if I don't do as well as they expect, it's me that gets criticised,

01:06:26not them. You know, they go out and play and then when I get home, especially from training,

01:06:32if things aren't right, I'll know about it. You won't hear it at training,

01:06:36but you will hear about it at home. Yeah, I'll hear about it at home, yeah.

01:06:38But they just want the highest standards possible. So I suppose you can understand that, you know.

01:06:43Well, look, sitting beside you there, we've got Paul Gainey. This was your club,

01:06:47Daingga Ni Coos, first ever All-Ireland and a massive, massive family affair.

01:06:52Huge, yeah. Paddy, I suppose the two lads beside me there, Mikey, first cousin, Niall's

01:07:00first cousin and Niall's two brothers as well, Connor and Dylan on the team.

01:07:04And then they had three other cousins as well, the O'Connors. So I suppose they had two brothers

01:07:10and whatever, five cousins involved each. So that was crazy. But that's what club is.

01:07:15It's about family and community and, you know, it makes us more special than when you win.

01:07:20So it's huge, yeah. I mean, speaking of family there, Mikey is beside you.

01:07:23Congratulations, Mikey. You've got some good news this week.

01:07:26Yeah, my wife, Nicole, had a baby girl yesterday morning for a squad.

01:07:34Mum and baby are doing well. Yeah, they're over in the rotunda being well taken care of.

01:07:38And is the baby in the squad yet? No, no, no. No, no, she'll be wild before that.

01:07:44So look, your goalie, Gavin Curran, tell us what he did over and above for the final.

01:07:53Indeed, yeah. So Gavin and Clare, his partner, are based in Australia

01:07:57and they were due a baby in January. So Gavin was commuting over and back

01:08:03between Australia, between the games, playing the game and then hitting the flight

01:08:10the next morning at six o'clock back over to Australia.

01:08:12And he missed something in Australia to play in the final.

01:08:16Yeah, so baby Ogie was born in the morning of the final.

01:08:19And then he rushed back over six o'clock Monday morning, reunited with the family.

01:08:23So look, this is a, how good is this? We've got a little pic of this.

01:08:26There he is. That's what it's about.

01:08:29Now just, you know, you've got to tell me, Mikey, before we move on, I mean, if it was a choice between, you know, the birth or playing in the final yourself, what would you?

01:08:38Dangerous decision. No, like sport is magic and stuff, but like nothing compares.

01:08:44Correct answer. Correct answer.

01:08:51Niall, the community came out and forced to celebrate. I mean, these were, you know, the celebrations caught the imagination of every guy, person in the whole of the country.

01:08:59We've got a little clip here of you guys coming home. Just amazing scenes.

01:09:04Yeah, it was unbelievable, really. You can just see there all the scenes, especially on Blennaville Bridge.

01:09:10And even the morning of the game, all the Dingle crowd went to the Hogan stand pub there to kind of see us into Crowe Park and looking out and seeing a sea of red and white and flares and signs of we never died of winter yet and things like that.

01:09:25So it really means a lot to us and we'd be nowhere without them, really.

01:09:29Sabine and Alwyn, Camogie champions. Congratulations, Parish.

01:09:34Parish and, you know, teams are all about sticking together through the highs and the lows.

01:09:38I know that this was a very, very special moment for you guys after what the team had been through.

01:09:44Yeah. So I suppose it was one of the most emotional final whistles that we've played for.

01:09:49And I suppose that's speaking on behalf of all the girls on the team.

01:09:53We've taken a journey over the last four years and yeah, it's been very difficult.

01:09:56And I suppose honouring Kate Moran and her character and personality and everything we can do to bring that with us, I suppose, to effectively got us over the line on the day and great to see the community.

01:10:08Yeah, to see all the support in Fairless was amazing.

01:10:11To see all the people coming out on the pitch afterwards and going to the primary schools as well, visiting just with the cup.

01:10:17It's really nice to see the next generation and to inspire them.

01:10:20Joe, you're smiling there beside the girls, Joe Rabbit. I mean, you're the dad, you're the manager, a big recognisable name in Athenry.

01:10:29I mean, what's so special about this group of girls for you?

01:10:32I suppose, look, I'm here tonight with my two daughters and so proud I am.

01:10:35But I can say that I suppose I feel like a father to 30 of them because, you know, our panel is very much like a panel of sisters.

01:10:44And I'm so proud of being managing such a bunch of girls, you know, that went through such hard times and came out the end.

01:10:52And, you know, to be All-Illand Champions is a fantastic feeling and, you know, for me and for all the people in the parish, you know.

01:11:00And it's all about a community effort. And I'm so delighted to be a part of that.

01:11:04Philip Mahoney, you are sitting beside Joe, their second title for Bally Gunner. What does this mean? Sweeter than the first?

01:11:12Yeah, it's pretty hard to compare the two and equally as good. But look, we're so happy.

01:11:16It was days you'll never forget. I don't think anyone on the bus, all the lads like, will ever forget the black and white jerseys on the way into Crowe Park.

01:11:24And to see all the faces after and what it meant to them and to go back home and to be walking down the hill by the church and seeing all the young faces and old faces that means so much of us.

01:11:32And we're so proud to represent our people. And we're very lucky to have these times.

01:11:37Porig, of course, we have to give a shout out to the Mammies. There's a big Mammie Club supporting you too.

01:11:43Yeah, obviously, in our house, obviously, my mother has to worry about four of us, never mind one, so I don't know how she does it.

01:11:48But we have a ladies committee in Bally Gunner who cook the dinners for us after every train.

01:11:52And, you know, it's made up of all the Mammies on the team.

01:11:55And I think the standard of food this year went through the roof, so maybe they knew there was something good on the cards.

01:12:00But we're so grateful for, you know, mothers, obviously, and everyone involved with the, you know, the families and friends who have contributed to this.

01:12:08It's just special, special times.

01:12:10I mean, one of the things which I love is that you just didn't celebrate in Bally Gunner.

01:12:13You took the party on the road. Tell us where you ended up.

01:12:16It was a great club, a man of ours now in Moorish Field, loaded up 30 of us on a bus down to Dingle last week.

01:12:22So we were, it was very lucky. I was very special. There were six clubs who won the All-Ireland down there.

01:12:28And we probably had a lot of people thinking on the same wavelength and feeding off each other's energy and excitement.

01:12:34And look, the Dingle has put on a great spread for us and everything like that. So a special few days.

01:12:42So do you think this is going to be, you know, a regular thing then that the club champions all have to get together and party and celebrate?

01:12:48What do you reckon, Paul?

01:12:50It might be. I don't know how I organise again.

01:12:54It was great. It was a great weekend. It was a great crack. And, you know, the main thing was that we went off without any glitches and everybody went home happy and healthy afterwards as well.

01:13:02Well, not healthy maybe, but happy anyway.

01:13:06Well, look, it's what it's all about. I mean, you know, there's so many GEA people, you know, there's a quote this week and, you know, it's the county lads will come to your wedding and it's the club guys that end up carrying your coffin.

01:13:18And, you know, coming from a small club myself to see you guys, I know what it means to you.

01:13:24I know what it means to all of us to see you guys here tonight. And huge, huge congratulations.

01:13:30Thank you so much.

01:13:35OK, thank you so much to all our club championship winners.

01:13:39That is it for us from tonight.

01:13:44Let's see who's won tonight's competition.

01:13:47The fives, five nights stay in the Killarney Park Hotel with five grand.

01:13:53Joe Bracken from County Offaly. Congratulations to you.

01:13:57There he is. Clearly.

01:14:01Clearly a lot of Joe's family in.

01:14:03A lot of Joe's family in there.

01:14:05Till next week. This has been The Late Late Show.

01:14:07We'll be back to do it all again then.

01:14:09I'm Patrick Keelty.

01:14:11Go to Mila Margit. Good night.

01:14:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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01:14:19Great show.

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