I am just wondering what a perfect Cavan 15 would look like.
Which players in the memory would make your all-star cavan 15?
How many of the players in the past 10 years would make your list?
Or would the players be from 20 30 40 years ago?
Who would be yor goalkeeper, backs, midfielders, and forwards?
I'll start the ball rolling and name Ronan Carolan as a shoe in!

cav01 (Cavan) - Posts: 325 - 16/06/2011 21:17:42    958417

Jim Reilly from Kingscourt

tony.montana (Cavan) - Posts: 179 - 16/06/2011 21:43:47    958449

James Reilly
James McEnroe
Dermot Sheridan
Dane O'Dowd
John McCutcheon
Paraic O'Reilly
Mark McKeever
David Givney
Gearoid McKiernan
Ronan Flanagan
Gareth Smith
Eugene Keating
Niall McDermott
Michael Brennan
Sean Johnston

CavanForSam2011 (Cavan) - Posts: 160 - 16/06/2011 22:00:45    958478

cav01
County: Cavan
Posts: 41

958417
I am just wondering what a perfect Cavan 15 would look like.
Which players in the memory would make your all-star cavan 15?
How many of the players in the past 10 years would make your list?
Or would the players be from 20 30 40 years ago?
Who would be yor goalkeeper, backs, midfielders, and forwards?
I'll start the ball rolling and name Ronan Carolan as a shoe in!

Considering we hav'nt done anything of note since 1952, bar one Ulster title, most of the greatest players are dead and buried.

Cornafean's John Joe O'Reilly takes the honour of being Cavan's greatest, nobody comes close to being the player he was according to the GAA archives!

Sergeant_Slash (Cavan) - Posts: 2182 - 17/06/2011 10:52:15    958576

Sergeant Slash check your history.

Lavey2009 (Cavan) - Posts: 10 - 17/06/2011 11:21:18    958617

The "Big D" must fit in somewhere

farmers_tan (Cavan) - Posts: 12 - 17/06/2011 11:40:14    958649

I'l have a go from the great players I saw donning the royal blue jersey. Some of ye young guns mighten know all these stars. They were all good ones!!!!
Paul O'Dowd,
Pat Tinnelly, Frankie Dolan, Damien O'Reilly
Peter O'Reilly, Aiden Connolly, Jim Reilly
Ray Carolan, Dermot Mc Cabe,
Steve Duggan, Ronan Carolan, Larry Reilly,
Gene Cusack, Charlie Gallagher rip, Seanie Johnstone.
Subs: Jason Reilly , Stephen King, Ciaran O Keefe, Sean Leddy rip, Enda Mc Gowan, Dermot Dalton, James Reilly, Paddy Mc Namee, Olly 'Texas' Brady

BreffniDub (None) - Posts: 377 - 17/06/2011 12:01:10    958692

Andy McCabe from Crosserlough. Animal of a man

Ritz (None) - Posts: 199 - 17/06/2011 12:33:48    958738

what a shambles and a joke of a county we are. here we are in the middle of the championship, and all we can post about is our great players from the past. i hope no other county reads our pages. should this talk not be kept for a dark november afternoon reminiscing about past glories for the breffni blues. cavan football glory days are gone. we are the 8th or 9th best county in ulster.

qwert (Cavan) - Posts: 31 - 17/06/2011 13:38:03    958809

qwert
County: Cavan
Posts: 8

Sure what else can we do? We cant exactly boast about out present team now can we?

Sergeant_Slash (Cavan) - Posts: 2182 - 17/06/2011 15:10:11    958931

I like this thread, November or not. My selection is from players I saw playing. Alas, like most of you, I missed out on the real golden age.

1. Paul Dowd
2. Damien Reilly
3. Lawrence Brady(Laragh)
4. Frankie Dolan
5. Aidan Connolly
6. Tom Maguire RIP
7. Jim Reilly
8. Stephen King
9. Dermot McCabe
10.Ray Cullivan(sen)
11.Paddy McNamee( I'd still play him)
12.Ronan Carolan
13.Jason Reilly
14.Derek McDonald
15.Charlie Gallagher RIP

subs not required!!

ondforty (Cavan) - Posts: 471 - 17/06/2011 15:23:17    958953

My father always speaks passion about Cavan football in the past and always stated Mick Higgins was the best and will remain the Godfather of Cavan football. Lets not forget about the history of John Joe Reilly and Gunner Brady, the OAPs of Cavan football take pity on us never witnessing our counties greatest ever talents.

BlueRevolution (Cavan) - Posts: 71 - 17/06/2011 17:12:35    959076

qwert
County: Cavan
Posts: 8

958809
what a shambles and a joke of a county we are. here we are in the middle of the championship, and all we can post about is our great players from the past.

then post about great players from the present, I only asked people to say who they think would be in the greatest cavan 15

cav01 (Cavan) - Posts: 325 - 17/06/2011 17:58:55    959110

QWERT. Well at least we are proud of our county players whether present or past. I suppose you would rather people write and talk about Manchester Utd or Real Madrid, who they are buying or what price the new shirt is.
I talk about my present county team as much as any man does. I was in Breffni last Sun in the rain. I was in Brewster Park when our gallant u21's captured Ulster and I watched them against Wexford and Galway. So we are quite entitled to reminisce about our rich heritage and history.

BreffniDub (None) - Posts: 377 - 17/06/2011 18:27:28    959141

johnston can not be mentioned in this, he goes missing in too many matches, not consistent enough!

Mike_Clitoris69 (Cavan) - Posts: 230 - 17/06/2011 18:52:00    959167

These are the best i saw; Well, my favourites anyway!

1 Paul O'Dowd
2 Gerry Sheridan
3 Pat Faulkner
4 Ciaran Brady
5 Bernard Morris
6 Joe Dillon
7 Jim Reilly
8 Adge King
9 Stephen King
10 Larry Reilly
11 Ronan Carolan
12 Peter Reilly
13 Sean Johnston
14 Dermot McCabe
15 Paddy McNamee

pencil (Cavan) - Posts: 30 - 18/06/2011 10:37:49    959327

is O.Leddy not worth a mention he did win an all star after all

The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4602 - 18/06/2011 12:03:54    959366

Wrong Ollie Sean

ondforty (Cavan) - Posts: 471 - 18/06/2011 13:35:14    959441

Larry Reilly !!!!

Cavan1947 (Cavan) - Posts: 215 - 18/06/2011 13:59:17    959463

Wrong Ollie Sean
ondforty , 18/06/2011 at 13:35

what was his name ???

The Quiet Man (Cavan) - Posts: 4602 - 18/06/2011 14:18:52    959475