Whelahan blasts county board

Successful Birr manager Pat Joe Whelahan has lashed out at the Offaly County Board after they snubbed him in the race to fill the county hurling hotseat.

Whelahan blasts county board
Mon, 02 Dec, 2002 - 16:49

Successful Birr manager Pat Joe Whelahan has lashed out at the Offaly County Board after they snubbed him in the race to fill the county hurling hot seat.

Former Offaly manager Whelahan was overlooked as Mike McNamara got the nod to succeed Fr Tom Fogarty.

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