Joe Dooley recalls the time a former Taoiseach tried to get him to join Glen Rovers

Joe Dooley of Offaly in action in the 1999 Leinster final against Kilkenny. Over a decade earlier former Taoiseach Jack Lynch tried to get the Seir Kieran man to join Glen Rovers in Cork. Picture: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

Former Offaly star Joe Dooley has revealed how a personal plea from former Taoiseach Jack Lynch almost resulted in him playing for Glen Rovers in Cork.

The three-time All-Ireland winner and ex-Offaly manager is a Seir Kieran stalwart but applied for a job with the ESB in Cork in 1987.