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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 10:28:30 GMT
I have three anyway...
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Post by Jigz84 on Apr 3, 2015 10:38:03 GMT
Are we talking just football?
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Post by southward on Apr 3, 2015 10:41:48 GMT
Darran anyway.
Tommy Doyle
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Post by givehimaball on Apr 3, 2015 10:47:58 GMT
Any of the lads from Northern Ireland
.........tosses grenade, walks away........
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 10:48:17 GMT
Are we talking just football? I suppose I am but sure throw in hurlers and what have you if you want. |
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Post by Jigz84 on Apr 3, 2015 10:52:51 GMT
Are we talking just football? I suppose I am but sure throw in hurlers and what have you if you want. Darran as mentioned above and Seán Óg Ó hAilpin anyway for a start. |
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Post by southward on Apr 3, 2015 10:54:26 GMT
Tommy Doyle born in the US
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 10:58:28 GMT
Any of the lads from Northern Ireland .........tosses grenade, walks away........ I said Ireland not the "Free State" version. If I said foreigners your joke might stand. |
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Post by Jigz84 on Apr 3, 2015 11:01:32 GMT
Tommy Doyle is another man, born in the Windy City. Stumped on the other footballer.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 11:04:50 GMT
Tommy Doyle is another man, born in the Windy City. Stumped on the other footballer. I didn't really know the other one until I heard it in a quiz... never heard of him before. |
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 3, 2015 11:21:40 GMT
Paidi?
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Post by tpo on Apr 3, 2015 11:25:39 GMT
Not Paidi, His older brother was born in UK, but not Paidi
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 11:28:16 GMT
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Post by kerrygold on Apr 3, 2015 11:45:37 GMT
Mick Higgins, Cavan captain in the Polo Grounds in 1947, born in NY.
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Apr 3, 2015 11:50:18 GMT
Any of the lads from Northern Ireland .........tosses grenade, walks away........ I said Ireland not the "Free State" version. If I said foreigners your joke might stand. There was a joke? |
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 12:02:30 GMT
I said Ireland not the "Free State" version. If I said foreigners your "joke" might stand. There was a joke? That is a little better. |
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Apr 3, 2015 12:02:46 GMT
Mick Higgins, Cavan captain in the Polo Grounds in 1947, born in NY. That is my three saturated anyway. |
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Post by Jo90 on Apr 3, 2015 14:30:11 GMT
Seeing it was clarified as being born outside of the island of Ireland - Mick O'Connell
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Post by Jo90 on Apr 3, 2015 14:54:28 GMT
Not a captain I know, but Maurice Fitzgerald was born in a stable in Bethlehem,........oh wait, sorry, that was his son!
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Post by ansúilleabhánach on Apr 5, 2015 3:07:00 GMT
Any of the lads from Northern Ireland .........tosses grenade, walks away........ I said Ireland not the "Free State" version. If I said foreigners your joke might stand. If you hadn't closed this loophole, every captain born pre-1922 would qualify! |
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Post by lofbros on Apr 27, 2015 3:01:24 GMT
is it senior football mick Higgins cavan
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on Apr 27, 2015 8:38:37 GMT
Wasn't Joe Lennon born in Liverpool? Bryan Cullen has defected to the SS, which doesn't count I know but still....
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Post by mandad on Apr 27, 2015 10:14:39 GMT
Andy Comerford, Kilkenny - winning captain 2002 was born in London.
I think Joe Lennon was in fact born in Down – Aghaderg to be precise.
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Post by southward on Apr 27, 2015 19:08:51 GMT
Wasn't Joe Lennon born in Liverpool? Bryan Cullen has defected to the SS, which doesn't count I know but still.... You're thinking of John Lennon. Good singer, never made the cut at inter-county though. |
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on Apr 27, 2015 21:53:38 GMT
Wasn't Joe Lennon born in Liverpool? Bryan Cullen has defected to the SS, which doesn't count I know but still.... You're thinking of John Lennon. Good singer, never made the cut at inter-county though. I heard he was like a college GAA player, eight days a week. |
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Post by Jo90 on Apr 27, 2015 22:18:26 GMT
Wasn't Joe Lennon born in Liverpool? Bryan Cullen has defected to the SS, which doesn't count I know but still.... You're thinking of John Lennon. Good singer, never made the cut at inter-county though. He was a big fan of direct football, that's what his song 'Imagine' was about. "Imagine no possession s (football)" |
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Post by mandad on Apr 28, 2015 10:09:27 GMT
I am aware that this thread refers to winning captains but it would be a missed opportunity not to mention here probably Kerry's greatest 'non-Irish born All-Ireland medal winner' – Bob Stack of Ballybunion. He was born in New York of Irish parents and returned to live in Doon, close to Ballybunion, as a teenager with very little exposure to Gaelic football. As a child he fell from a roof and broke his two ankles and as a result he always wore rubber band strapping. One single pair of boots carried him to six All Ireland's wins - 24, 26, 29, 30, 31 and 32.
I personally met this modest and unassuming man more than once and was struck by his small stature for a midfielder– about 5ft 9ins. Playing alongside Con Brosnan they were practically unbeatable. Bob Stack died in 1976 and the pitch in Ballybunion is named after him.
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