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Seamus Darby
The Man who Scored the GAA's Most infamous Goal

It is the most famous and talked about goal in the entire history of Gaelic football. 1982 all Ireland final, two minutes to go and Kerry is ahead. Seamus Darby comes on for Offaly and scores what was to be the most talked about goal of all time. Kerry were prevented form winning the 5-in-a row all Ireland titles and history was written.
In this wonderful historic interview in 1998 Seamus Darby talks exclusively to Weeshie on terrace talk and recants in fascinating detail the scoring of this goal an how it had such and effect on his life of afterwards. This lengthy interview will most definately go down as a terrace
talk classic.

 

The fact taht this goal by Seamus Darby prevented kerry from winning 5-in-a-row all Ireland titles turned the Offally man into one of the G.A.A's historic figures. In fact Seamus admits in this wonderful interview that it was in fact the one and only kick he got in that memorable win for his side Offally.

 

The big question still being debated decades later is, did Seamus first push his marker Tommy Doyle as the ball dropped between them? It is one of the most controversial debates in the long history of the association. Seamus Darby now lives in London and this classic and now hostorical interview, conducted from his home, captures for posterity what happened that wet September day in 1982.

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Part 1>> Seamus tells Weeshie about his career before and after the time of his famous goal against Kerry, and the events which took place on the pitch that day in 1982.
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