The day Keady got the boot of his labours

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The day Keady got the boot of his labours
Thu, 28 Jul, 2005 - 01:00
Diarmuid O’Flynn

This Sunday in Croke Park, Galway and Tipperary meet in the All-Ireland quarter-final. They met in the semi-final in 1989.

There was no love lost between these two counties anyway, but that day, it turned poisonous.

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