'Páidí just said if you go back hurling don't come back in that door. As straight as that'

Westmeath hurling stalwart turned selector Brendan Murtagh missed out on a Leinster football title under the Kerry legend.
Westmeath manager Páidí Ó Sé, left, and selector Tomas O'Flaharta celebrate victory over Laois in the 2004 Leinster Final. Photo: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE
Westmeath manager Páidí Ó Sé, left, and selector Tomas O'Flaharta celebrate victory over Laois in the 2004 Leinster Final. Photo: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE

It’s among the most famous panels in GAA folklore: Páidí Ó Sé’s Westmeath setup in 2004.

The documentary Marooned captured the intensity and madness of it brilliantly. Half the country can quote it. ‘A grain of rice will tip the scales’. ‘Fucked over the sideline like a loaf of bread’.

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