‘John 3:7’ set to return to Hill 16 after illness
Frank Hogan, better known as ‘John 3:7’ for his one-man biblical crusade at GAA venues around the country, has been sidelined for nearly a year after a near fatal heart attack.
Speaking from his home in Castletroy, Limerick, yesterday, Frank, 68, said: “I have made good progress and I am getting stronger by the day. I hope to be able to make it to the hurling final with my John 3:7 banner.”
He missed last year’s finals due to his illness.
“It was the first time in 20 years that I wasn’t at Croke Park for the hurling and football finals. I had just come out of the intensive care unit at St John’s Hospital in Limerick before the football final and the doctors were not anxious to allow me to even watch it on the television. They thought the excitement would be too much for me. But I insisted and they gave in,” said Frank.
He has received numerous messages from GAA fans.
“Many have written to me with the address ‘John 3:7 Limerick’ as most people know I am from Limerick. And the post office people have no problem getting letters to me even with no full address. A friend of mine met Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh at Thurles recently and he was inquiring about me.
“I am looking forward to getting back on Hill 16. It will be fantastic to be there if the Dubs make it to the final,” he said.
It has been a great summer in Frank’s life.
“My wife Myrna and I broke up 30 years ago and four weeks ago she returned and we are together again. We had kept in touch through our daughter Natasha and son Jason. Myrna had moved back to England as she is a native of Dorset,” said Frank.
Yesterday, he was dusting down his John 3:7 sign to renew his crusade on Hill 16 come September.
John 3:7 — chapter three, verse seven — is the Bible’s reference to being born again: ‘Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.’
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