Niall McNamee: Where I was five years ago seems like a lifetime away

Five years without a bet and a place sealed in the last four of the AIB Leinster senior club football championship – it was a very special Sunday for Offaly senior football star Niall McNamee.

Niall McNamee: Where I was five years ago seems like a lifetime away

The gifted 31-year-old forward was aware of the impending landmark but in keeping with the ‘one day at a time’ mantra, McNamee focused in on football and Rhode’s clash with Meath champions Simonstown Gaels.

After scoring five points, four from play, at O’Connor Park, McNamee was savouring that winning feeling back in the village with family, friends and his girlfriend, Laura.

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