Mannion brothers inspiring the next generation of talented Tribesmen

Cathal Jordan was sitting in the stand at Tuam Stadium when he spotted Cathal Mannion from the corner of his eye.

Most young lads would do their level best to avoid an unnecessary conversation with the deputy principal who followed them up and down the corridor throughout their secondary school years; Mannion, though, is cut from a different cloth. The Galway corner-forward, who left St Cuan’s College, Castleblakeney for the last time in June 2012, strolled over towards his old maths teacher with all the swagger of an “old-style politician”.

“I was below at the Connacht U21 football final between Galway and Roscommon last April and didn’t I see Cathal coming in,” recalls Jordan.