Bennis recalls the heroes of ’73
And yet he was a fierce quiet man, wouldn’t say much. We wouldn’t have won the All-Ireland without him though; he made two fantastic saves during that championship, the first in the Munster final against Tipperary, from Babs Keating just at the start of the second half, the other from Crotty in the All-Ireland final, again in the second half. Seamus didn’t actually play in the All-Ireland semi-final against London, replaced by Jim Hogan who had been the goalkeeper for years. No-one seems to know why, maybe the county board thought we were going to walk away with the London match, which didn’t happen. Seamus was back though for the All-Ireland final.”
Willie Moore (Doon; 23, 5’10“, 12-7): “Another very quiet man, a teacher in the CBS in Limerick. Had been a forward in 71 when he scored the ‘goal’ that wasn’t! Was moved back to the defence and proved an outstanding corner-back. Played in every match, rock solid, no change from him which is exactly what you wanted from your last line of defence. I never came across him on the pitch which is kind of unusual within the one county — in fact I don’t know if I ever played against Doon at any level. They always had good players though, and still have.”
