Tyrone great admits: "I can see other players on pitch for first time"
August 05, 2015
Conor Gormley of Tyrone surrounded by Vinny Corey, Darren Hughes and Conor McManus of Monaghan during the Ulster SFC quarter final at Clones. INPHO
Three-time Tyrone All-Ireland winner Conor Gormley is seeing things a lot more clearly these days.
Known as 'The Block From The Rock', the 6ft centre-back was one of Tyrone's most celebrated players until he hung up his county boots in January this year.
He now concentrates his efforts on the pitch for his home club of Carrickmore St Colmcille's who he has helped to lift four county titles.
In recent times, Conor says he found his eye sight had started to deteriorate both on and off the pitch on the advice of team-mate Dermot Carlin he attended the CathedralEye Clinic in Belfast under the tutelage of renowned eye specialist Professor Johnny Moore.
"It got to the stage where I had trouble making out players in my team and also seeing the far side of the pitch.
"So I opted for a laser eye procedure with the thought that it would improve my vision and my performance.''
The 34-year-old added: "It took me a while to settle down. But after the recovery period I knew that my vision had been greatly improved.
"I could see players on the far side of the pitch and I could identify who my team mates were again. My improved vision seemed to have had a positive effect on my match performance.''
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