Gene O’Driscoll proud of his three Rebels
Gene O’Driscoll wasn’t in Castleblayney to see it, but his ear was bent to the radio. Coach with Cork’s U21 footballers, he was otherwise engaged in a long-standing challenge game with Donegal. Any other time he would have been there. When you’ve two sons on a senior county team and another on the bench, what else but football would stop you? Kevin O’Driscoll’s introduction at half-time meant all three brothers were on the field for Cork seniors for the first time.
Their club Tadhg MacCartaighs commemorated the moment by issuing a post on their website: “This must surely be a record in Cork football having three brothers on the field of play at the same time and indeed was a very proud day for the O’Driscoll family and the Tadhg McCarthaigh club.”
