Yeah Micky wing indeed. He has Senior Hurling Championship medal with Rossa in Belfast and is now also their Senior manager.

Finsceal (None) - Posts: 559 - 13/01/2012 13:48:42    1093090

Went to school with a lad who played a bit of McCrory cup in goals with one leg. Agile as anything. He would detatch the prosthetic before a game and you could see the aul trackey leg flappin about as he dashed from post to post.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 13/01/2012 15:49:48    1093181

There was a young lad from Shelmaliers in Wexford who played underage football with only one arm. He was pretty good also, it actually took me a while before I noticed he was different to the others.

ringo (Wexford) - Posts: 384 - 13/01/2012 16:06:09    1093192

Savage story fair play to the guy...

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 13/01/2012 18:48:11    1093285

Didn't realise it was such a common thing at all.

sedico (Kildare) - Posts: 1682 - 13/01/2012 18:55:27    1093292

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Went to school with a lad who played a bit of McCrory cup in goals with one leg. Agile as anything. He would detatch the prosthetic before a game and you could see the aul trackey leg flappin about as he dashed from post to post.

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There was a young lad from Shelmaliers in Wexford who played underage football with only one arm. He was pretty good also, it actually took me a while before I noticed he was different to the others.



I think I recall an U-16 match long ago in Drumaness, Co.Down and one of their backs had one hand. I can remember him going on a solo run. It seems to be more common than I thought also, and inspirational.

Suas Sios (None) - Posts: 1550 - 13/01/2012 20:08:05    1093371

Great thread, And brilliant story on the link. fair play lads.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 13/01/2012 21:37:38    1093445

I remember playing against mickey wing when he was at the cbs in belfast and i was playing a friendly against them for uuc. He destroyed us that day and was strong as an ox. He was very difficult to read due to his unconventional style of play. Fair play to him

frankbhoy77 (Antrim) - Posts: 1300 - 13/01/2012 21:50:19    1093454

P.J. Richardson of Doon died tragically in 2013 - just short of his 50th birthday. If you go to youtube and 'bipolar bare' you'll hear him speak of his challenges in later years. He was a 'dinger' at quizzes - Where in the World, Scor na nOg All Ireland, Rapid Roulette and a senior All Ireland pub quiz with Crusheen - while he worked in Clare. He was a fine golfer - including a hole in one at Nenagh. He won Desmond schoolboy soccer league, community games athletics and excelled at most things especially hurling. He was on one of Doon's best ever under age teams and the Sunday papers wrote about him. He won 2 county U14 medals went on to win Limerick county medals all the way up through the ages up to U21. He lost his arm in a farm tractor accident age 9 in 1972. Maybe partly due to delayed trauma of that he was diagnosed with bipolar depression in his 30's forcing him to give up his post with Limerick Co Co. He was then diagnosed with M.S. in his 40's - he had no luck at all health-wise. He won some East Limerick adult medals after under age but his teams won no further county honours. Guys told me that when they saw this one armed boy coming they'd reckon, I better go easy on him. If so, they'd get a rudely awakened or split by PJ pulling on the ball like a 'hoor', or they'd notice that standing admiring while he was knocking over points didnt make them look good. Some who he befriended later, once they knew his form, had some epic 'flaking' matches with him and knew that for the duration of a match all bets were off. He got disoriented - to do with his medication, lost his way in the dark and died in a field near home on a frosty night in January 2013. Hurling people from miles away came out in force to bury him.

moceelicat (Limerick) - Posts: 1 - 06/06/2014 18:12:53    1599215

There was a lad with one ball used to play with us as kids. Every time he showed up at training , the manager told him to hop it.

Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 06/06/2014 19:20:49    1599248

I'd a club mate some years back in Kildare who had only one hand, he was quality, played centre back for us in a county final, tough bit of stuff

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1917 - 06/06/2014 19:27:49    1599255

Yeah knew Micky and played against him but that was in Football - was handy with the big ball too. Real sound lad.

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 06/06/2014 21:53:29    1599308

I remember the old Breaking Ball show did a feature on Mickey McCullough. Am I right in saying he now coaches one of the Antrim camogie teams?

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 07/06/2014 13:24:33    1599379

What about the blind ref? Any one remember him?

Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 07/06/2014 19:09:45    1599513