Dublin's Shane Martin NAME: Shane Martin DATE OF BIRTH: 2-3-79 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st 10lbs CLUB: Crumlin COUNTY: Dublin NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Under 16 Leinster Schools Football champions; playing in the Leinster Minor Final in 1996; playing dual hurling and football at minor level for Dublin in 1997 NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Under 18 Leinster Schools finalists in soccer, four schoolboy soccer league medals INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Full debut versus Down in the Oireachtas Cup quarter final in 1998 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Richie Stakelton FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Thurles; Cusack Park, Tullamore HOBBIES: Swimming and socialising with all my friends and girlfriend, going to the cinema FAVOURITE POSITION: Midfield FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Brian Lohan, Ollie Baker INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Johnny Guy and Tom Grealish (first trainers), most of all my father and mother THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: First championship senior game with Crumlin (1996); playing in a Leinster Minor Final, playing senior for Dublin BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the Minor Leinster Final to Kilkenny OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: David Donnelly, Graham Joyce, my brother Colin Martin (all Crumlin), my 13 year old nephew! I can see the talent already WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Better communication between the referee and his officials, players should be looked after financially DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Inconsistent referees DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: My father Liam played for Dublin at minor and senior. He won an All-Ireland with Dublin in 1965 PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Dustin the Turkey and the women out of Friends PET HATES: Hurlers on the ditch and pessimistic thinking people FAVOURITE FILM: A Few Good Men FAVOURITE MUSIC: Stone Roses, U2 IDEAL DATE: My girlfriend Fiona but if she was washing her hair, Julia Roberts would do HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a legend of the ash Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 1st May 1998 Vol 8 No 18 Tweet

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