Pat spillane autobiography in five shorts
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Kerry’s Golden Years (Part 4): ‘It was just another All-Ireland coming and I wasn’t counting’
In Part 4 of our series on the Golden Years, Adam Moynihan takes a look at the 1981 All-Ireland final which saw Kerry secure their second ever four-in-a-row.
By the time the 1981 championship came around, Kerry were in cruise control. With three consecutive All-Irelands in the back pocket and no contenders making a whole pile of noise elsewhere, their period of dominance looked certain to continue.
“Every time we went to play a game, we were nearly guaranteed to win,” O’Dwyer is quoted as saying in a biography penned by Owen McCrohan. “We never thought about defeat. We never looked at the other teams we met along the line. We had 20 players who were good enough to win All-Irelands by playing a style of football that nobody could match.
“At one stage, I never even thought about it. It was just another All-Ireland coming and I wasn’t counting.”
MUNSTER
The Kingdom’s path to Croke Park was about as comfortable as you could get. A 4-17 to 0-6 victory over Clare in the Munster semi-final didn’t bode well for future opponents and Cork were subsequently put to the sword in remarkably emphatic fashion. Kerry prevailed on a 1-11 to 0-3 scoreline, prompting S
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The Big Interview - Brian Mullins: Part 1
Brian Mullins is a legendary figure in the annals of Dublin Gaelic Football.
By John Harrington
The name Brian Mullins will always be synonymous with a defining era for Gaelic Football in Dublin.
The midfield colossus was one of the greatest players to ever don the sky-blue jersey and was a totemic figure in the Kevin Heffernan managed Dublin teams of the 1970s and 1980s.
Over the course of his career he won four All-Ireland titles, nine Leinster titles, two National Leagues and two All-Star awards, and became a hero of Hill 16 for his inspirational displays in the middle of the field.
In part one of a two-part interview with GAA.ie he talks about...
• His family’s illustrious GAA gene.
• The formative experience of summers spent with his cousins in Kerry and Clare.
• His time playing inter-provincial rugby with Leinster.
• Winning the 1974 All-Ireland title in his first year on the Dublin panel.
• Kevin Heffernan’s management style and unique personality.
John Harrington: Brian, we have a regular feature on GAA.ie called the GAA gene where we detail the great GAA families who have produced inter-county players across a number of generations. I was interested to find out that you’re actually a nephew of the great