Enjoying game time half the world away

Danny Doohan is too nervous to talk.

Enjoying game time half the world away
Mon, 24 Sep, 2012 - 01:00
John Riordan

The brilliant sunshine bathing his pub, Ned Devine’s, makes him squint as the atmosphere builds all around McLean Avenue in Woodlawn.

The Donegal man has had the pub for 12 years but rarely will a TV sporting occasion mean this much to him, personally.

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