The GAA statesman who came to the rescue of a small club in its hour of need

The recent sad demise of Con Murphy, former president of the GAA, has prompted me to record some happy memories of him.

Mon, 02 Jul, 2007 - 01:00
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Back in the late 1970s I was chairman of a small rural club, Sairséal Liagáin, in Co Longford.

We purchased land in an ideal location in our village and the plan was to develop our pitch and dressingrooms complex on the site.

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