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1. Tom Furlong
Offaly's Tom Furlong was
on the verge of an American football career
when injury cut him down. Read about this story here
on Terrace Talk.
Courtesy of Dave Hannigan - Irish Echo
September 2002
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2. John O'Grady
A recent Terrace Talk ,live,
has recieved great acclaim as it honoured a man who
many regard as Kerrys's greatest ever dual player, hurler
and footballer, he was Weeshie's guest for a great two
hours. John o Grady has set records which may never
be equalled by any Kerryman in our life time.
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3. Diarmuid O'Carroll
- Glasgow Celtic Star
I must admit and unashamedly so that one of my favourite
tasks being involved in writing about and interviewing
sports people is, that of meeting and talking to young
Kerry sports stars and hearing them explain their dreams
and aspirations. Read about Diarmuid O'Carroll
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4. Kerry Football
Hero Mick O'Connell - Hall of Fame Recipient 2005
Perched in the lea of Douglas
head and facing into Dingle bay lies the
now uninhabited island of Beginish. This is Mick o Connell's
ancestral
home. His father Jeremiah lived there up until the early
1930's when he moved his family to nearby Valentia where
he bought a small farm and
build a house. Read more about Mick O'Connell
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5. Weeshie Fogarty-
A Golden in the Terrace Talk Presentsrs Life
It is said, and rightly
so in many cases that your school days are the happiest
days of your life, and indeed in my case my days “The
Tech” hold nothing but happy memories for me.
Indeed many of the people who entered my life during
that period left a lasting impression on my development
both as a person and as a sportsman.
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6. Eamonn Fitzgerald
- Olympic Hero
And so Saturday 15th May 2004, in Deans Grange Cemerty
in Dublin it came to pass that our great Olympic-GAA
hero of the twenties and thirties Eamon Fitzgerald was
duly honoured. It may have been a long time coming,
but better late than never.
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7. The Legacy of
Kerry Cycling:
Read about the lengths the great Mick Murphy went to
become a Kerry
Cycling Champion back in the fifties. A man of great
determination and dedication.
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8. Jack Doyle:
This is the story of
Ireland's greatest boxing hope, Jack Doyle. In a time
of great poverty in Ireland people needed sporting heroes
more than ever and Jack Doyle was one of the men who
inspiried Ireland in some of its hardest times.
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9. Monsignor Hugh
O'Flaherty :
Read about Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, known as
the Pimpernel of the Vatican, who saved the lives of
over 4,000 British and American soldiers and Jews from
torture and death at the hands of the Gestapo in German-occupied
Rome during World War II.
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10. Death of the
Iorn Man:
On June 1st last, the death took place of Peter Crotty,
one of Ireland’s outstanding welterweight amateur
boxers of the late 1940s and early 1950s. During those
far-off days, some of the toughest amateur boxers at
various weights reigned supreme and were ever ready
to take on all comers. Crotty was one of these greats.
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Below
you will find a range of Profiles of sports figures from many eras in
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