Éamonn Doyle, a Wexford Garda stationed in Kilkenny, was, alongside the legendary Fr Tommy Murphy, among the main movers behind the founding of O'Loughlin Gaels in 1969. He had no idea where that journey would end.
Eamonn Doyle at home outside Kilkenny city. Pic: Patrick Browne
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