Pick the best player and manager in your county ever and then in ireland county for me canavan as a player easy one for manager mickey harte ..Now ireland player canavan manager hard one here but mick o dwyer for me harte and boylan next .. get you verdicts in lads

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 04/11/2008 23:36:51    133875

Eamon Coleman for definite

Probably Anthony Tohil then , maybe Jim McKeever or Sean McConnell either.

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 05/11/2008 09:47:55    133955

* apologies, sean o'connell

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 05/11/2008 09:50:39    133957

manager - Sean Boylan Obviously

Player Martin O Connell As he was the only player to get on the team of the millenium

paudi (Meath) - Posts: 681 - 05/11/2008 10:34:53    133995

Mick O'Dwyer because of the hype and excitement he's brought back to the county and the victory last year in tommy murphy brought tears to many eyes.
Best player Kevin O'Brien.. A true legend although Leighton Glynn might have something to say about that by the time he's finished playing football

Southern Dandy (Wicklow) - Posts: 789 - 05/11/2008 11:29:51    134061

The late Eamon Coleman as manager, and i can't choose between Tony Scullion and Anthony Tohill.

Can't speak for the players before the 80's as i never saw all of them play.

Bald Eagle (None) - Posts: 1009 - 05/11/2008 11:42:33    134075

Billy Morgan manager-football. Donal Og would be my choice for the hurling! ;)

Would have to go for Jimmy Barry Murphy as my favourite player, in both codes. Coolest man on earth at the time!

dowchabiy (UK) - Posts: 204 - 05/11/2008 11:56:10    134088

My pick....Instead of two there is only one.

Following the conclusion of the 1976 championship Kevin Heffernan unexpectedly stepped down as Dublin manager. Hanahoe stepped in or should I say was pushed into accepting the vacant position with a little help from his St Vincent friends and family.. He now had the task of being captain of the side as well as the manager...(Imagine the pressure) with a very expectant Dublin City looking on!... In spite of all this he captured another Leinster title in 1977. He later led Dublin to victory against Kerry( In arguably one the greatest game's of football ever played in Croke Park) Apart from 2006! so Mayo supporters don't get all a flutter...!;) before gloriously claiming his third All-Ireland medal following the teams amazing victory over Armagh.

Tony Hanahoe. A true legend. Think of it.... a player/Manager of a senior All Ireland championship winning team. A hero of mine.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 05/11/2008 11:56:58    134091

Best manager - Sean Boylan
Best player - Mick Lyons out of the ones I've seen.

men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 2012 - 05/11/2008 12:03:56    134106

Heffernan

Best player is harder - Brian Mullins probably. Maybe Bernard Brogan in ten years

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 05/11/2008 12:19:48    134123

Pat O' Shea and Eoin Brosnan

3inarow08 (Kerry) - Posts: 2455 - 05/11/2008 12:32:03    134139

Peter "The Great" Canavan, older lads will say Iggy Jones, Frank Mc Guigan

Micky Hearte

wise_guy (Tyrone) - Posts: 1584 - 05/11/2008 14:06:45    134246

Best player - Peter McGinnitty although Barry Owens will probably be deemed better than him by the time his career ends

Best Manager - Going to say Charlie Mulgrew, brought us to within a kick of the all ireland final, but hopefully malachy o rourke will surpass what Charlie achieved

irlande (Fermanagh) - Posts: 535 - 05/11/2008 14:07:54    134248

Bad.monkey (or any other Dub supporter), just a quick Q, is Bernard Brogan percieved to be better than Alan or vice versa?? I would have thought Alan was miles ahead?? A truly fantastic footballer, Dublins best in the last few years without a doubt IMO.

Milky (None) - Posts: 98 - 05/11/2008 14:28:31    134268

Best player - before my time but going by achievements alone - Kevin Armstrong - received a GAA All-Time All-Star award for football in 1988 and was named on the special GAA Hurling Team of the Century (for players who never won an All-Ireland medal). As far as I can work out these are the medals he won (I'm only dubious about the two minor medals).

Railway Cup (football) 1942; 1943; 1947; 1950.
Oireachtas Cup (football): 1946
Ulster SHC: 1940; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949
Ulster SFC: 1946; 1951
NHL Divison II: 1956
Ulster MHC: 1938; 1939
Antrim SHC: 1940; 1941; 1942; 1945 (all with O'Connells)
Antrim SHC: 1947 (also with O'Connells)

Best manager - Jim Nelson

pearsesabu (Antrim) - Posts: 663 - 05/11/2008 15:43:37    134345

Joe Kernan

Oisin McConville

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 05/11/2008 15:43:39    134346

Nick Rackard / Liam Griffin

Mattie Forde / Jem Roche

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2580 - 05/11/2008 16:08:55    134380

Alan is a great player but Bernard has the potential to be even better. He was incredible in the county final a few weeks back scored 0-10, 0-07 from play.

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 05/11/2008 16:09:59    134385

Best player - Declan Browne

Star Gazer (Tipperary) - Posts: 436 - 05/11/2008 16:30:51    134413

Straightforward enough,

Manager - Sean McCague
Player - Nudie Hughes

mid-mon man (Monaghan) - Posts: 1680 - 05/11/2008 17:34:51    134491