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Down GAA Football Star to feature on new TV Show - 28/09/2002
Down and Ulster GAA football star Paddy
Doherty is to appear in a new TV Show on TG4. Doherty was
a member of the great Down All-Ireland winning sides of
the 'sixties which included such top-class attackers as
the peerless Sean O'Neill, James McCartan, Tony Hadden and
Brian Morgan. Doherty was the quiet man of the team, but
over that successful period he did his talking on the playing
fields and is one of the most talented forwards ever to
come out of the Northern Province.
The first of a ten-part series about "GAA Legends'' will
commence tonight on TG4 (Saturday 28/09/02) at 9.30 p.m.
with a one hour special on famed Kerryman, Mick O'Dwyer.
Another Ulstermen will also have a programme dedicated to
them - Donegal's Martin McHugh on October 12th but who better
to focus on in the opening programme than the legendary
Mick O'Dwyer who has been to the forefront of the G.A.A.
as a player and manager for many years.
O'Dwyer commenced his playing career for Kerry in 1956 and
after 18 years of dedicated and loyal service to the Kingdom
ended up winning 4 championships and 11 league medals. When
he gave up playing he became manager of the county side
and took them to the 1975 All-Ireland Final and a winning
debut. The Waterville clubman went on to further glory with
the Kerry side of the era winning eight All-Irelands in
total with this side between 1975 and 1989.
His record of achievement will never be surpassed. He then
took a break from GAA affairs until he was persuaded to
become team-manager of the Kildare county side in 1991.
This was to prove a very fruitful period in the Lily Whites
football history, as he moulded a team that were competing
for titles once again in league and championship, and he
was denied another All-Ireland SFC success in 1998 when
Kildare were defeated by Galway in the final of that year.
This brought the number of finals in which Micko participated
in directly as player or manager to 21 in all. And the story
doesn't end there as in recent weeks Mick has linked up
with the Laois county side for a two year period, and with
the talent at his disposal in the O'Moore county who is
to say we won't see O'Dwyer back in Croke Park once again
in the very near future.
The Ulstermen featured in forthcoming programmes Martin
McHugh and Paddy Doherty are two of the most talented forwards
ever to come out of the Northern Province. McHugh a player
small in stature but big in ability and talent was a key
member of the Brian McEniff Donegal All-Ireland winning
side of the 'nineties.
Few will forget his All-Ireland winning performance against
the Dubs, when he orchestrated his side to a famous success.
He later went into team-management and took Cavan - the
sleeping giants of Ulster football - to provincial honours
in 1997. In recent times he is a very respected G.A.A. pundit
with the BBC. Both men have interesting playing careers
to chronicle, which should interest GAA followers not alone
in their respective home counties but throughout the province
of Ulster.
The full line-up of programmes is as follows:
Saturday, 28th of September - Mick O'Dwyer (Kerry/Kildare).
October 5th - The Connolly's - the hurling family from Galway.
October 12th - Martin McHugh (Donegal).
October 19th - John Doyle (Tipperary).
October 26 - The late Jack Lynch (Cork) former Taoiseach
and dual hurling and football star.
November 2nd - Paddy Doherty (Down).
November 9th - Eddie Keher - Kilkenny hurling star.
November 19th - Dermot Earley (Roscommon).
November 29th - The Rackards - famous Wexford All-Ireland
hurling family.
November 30th - Sean Boylan - Meath All-Ireland winning
team-manager.
These programmes are sure to capture the imagination of
G.A.A. followers throughout the country and TG4 are to be
complimented on their foresight in putting such an attractive
sporting package together in the coming months.
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