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TP
gets Services to the GAA Award - 15/11/02
 At
last nights Bass/Ulster GAA Writers Association's annual
awards banquet Down GAA President TP Murphy was award the
2002 Bass/Ulster GAA Writers awards for Services to the
GAA.
The Newry Shamrocks man has given more
than six decades of service to the GAA as a player, administrator,
and advisor. TP won an All Ireland Colleges Inter provincial
title in 1942. Four decades later he was elected as a Trustee
of the GAA, having already proven his worth as Secretary
of Down from 1965 until 1988. He became President of the
GAA in Down in 1990.
Congrulations to TP - a worthy award for
a man who has given so much to the GAA in Down and to the
GAA as a whole.
TP
was unable to attend the banquet due to ill health, his
award was picked up on his behave by new county manager
Paddy O'Rourke. Over 600 people attended the 15th annual
Bass/UGAAWA awards in which Armagh player Paul McGrane was
named footballer of the year award.
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