Some of the GAA's reluctant All-Ireland winners

Owen Mulligan’s admission he didn’t deserve his third All-Ireland medal in 2008 isn’t the only example of a player reluctant to lay claim to an All-Ireland title.

Some of the GAA's reluctant All-Ireland winners
Thu, 18 May, 2017 - 01:00
John Fogarty

Jim McGuinness (Donegal, 2014)

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