Michael Darragh Macauley believes his years of playing basketball at schools and club level have played an important part in making him the All-Ireland and All-Star-winning Gaelic footballer he is today.

Step into the entrance hall at Stackstown Golf Club in the foothills of the Dublin mountains, turn to your right, and on the wall across from the ‘Harrington Room’, an impressive homage to Pádraig’s career achievements, hangs a giant frame.

CRUCIAL baskets from Ian Lynch secured a famous victory for Coláiste Éanna in yesterday’s Boys U-16 A final at the National Arena.