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Somewhere in a parallel GAA universe...

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Somewhere in a parallel GAA universe...

Mon, 28 Aug, 2017 - 01:00

Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan is an associate editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a best-selling author and documentary maker.

Granted I haven’t played in one before, but how big a deal can it be, really? The manager told us to keep a low profile, the flute, but the vet up the road asked me to stand in for a picture with the new bloodless emasculator he’s launching, so I did.

How was I to know the photo would get 8,000 likes on Twitter?

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