French happy to fill Micko’s boots as Garden eyeing title

IF THERE is one thing the Tommy Murphy Cup has achieved, it has pushed Arthur French firmly into the GAA spotlight.

The Wicklow man has performed the role of adjutant since Mick O’Dwyer assumed the role of general in the Garden County last year, yet the Waterville maestro’s unavailability for the GAA’s secondary football competition has seen French take up the reins.

Last season French steered Wicklow to their maiden Tommy Murphy Cup success and 12 months later he is closing in on a repeat triumph as Wicklow square off against Antrim today in Croke Park. It’s a strange sort of fame that French has assumed.