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Your first ever newspaper?
My eldest brother Pádraig used to buy the Evening Press every day on his way home from work in Galway City. I still remember my favourite headline from the back page from when Cassius Clay fought Henry Cooper in Wembley Stadium in 1963 “The Kentucky Rooster lays an Egg” .
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CourtsGaaPlace: Galway CityPlace: Wembley StadiumPlace: LondonPlace: Hill 16Place: GalwayPlace: KildarePlace: PaorPlace: Páirc Sheáin Mhic DiarmadaPlace: Carrick-on- ShannonPlace: Miltown MalbayPlace: ClarePlace: Banner CountyPlace: TwickenhamPlace: KilkennyPlace: Ceann Áras CLGPlace: Croke ParkPlace: ChapelizodPlace: DublinPlace: ThurlesPlace: GAAPerson: PádraigPerson: Cassius ClayPerson: Henry CooperPerson: MairtinPerson: CóilPerson: Michael DonnellanPerson: Seán Óg dePerson: SamPerson: Ronan O’GaraPerson: Ger LoughnanePerson: Anraí an RíPerson: Henry ShefflinPerson: Damian HayesPerson: George HamiltonPerson: Mícheál Ó MuircheartaighEvent: 2005 All- Ireland SHC semi-finalEvent: 1998 All- Ireland football finalEvent: Heineken CupEvent: All-IrelandEvent: St. Patrick’s DaysOrganisation: Raidió na GaeltachtaOrganisation: Kentucky RoosterOrganisation: An SpidéalOrganisation: Cumann Micheál BreathnachOrganisation: GalwayOrganisation: KilkennyOrganisation: An Cheathrú RuaOrganisation: NorthamptonOrganisation: MunsterOrganisation: Munster RugbyOrganisation: PortumnaOrganisation: CanningsOrganisation: GAA
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