Wed, 15 Aug, 2018 - 06:40
Eoghan Cormican
It was sometime around 4am on the Sunday morning of the 1980 All-Ireland final when Sean Silke was jolted from his sleep.
The Galway centre-back was awoken by a noise from outside his hotel bedroom door.
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CourtsGaaAll-Ireland Hurling FinalPlace: GalwayPlace: Clarence HotelPlace: EnglandPlace: LimerickPlace: EyrecourtPlace: Croke ParkPerson: Sean SilkePerson: SilkePerson: Cyril FarrellPerson: Niall McInerneyPerson: John ConnollyPerson: Frank BurkePerson: PJ MolloyPerson: Noel O’DonoghuePerson: Joe McDonaghPerson: Meelick-EyrecourtPerson: John ‘Tull’ DunneEvent: 1980 All-IrelandEvent: 1980 All-Ireland finalEvent: All-Ireland finalOrganisation: LimerickOrganisation: All-IrelandsOrganisation: KilkennyOrganisation: OffalyOrganisation: All-Ireland
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