Mullins , Paudi , John Lynch , Heery , Lyons , Sos Dowling , Francie , O'Rourke , Ricey , Spike Fagan and Horse Kennelly, All tough men.

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 17/11/2008 15:43:28    143108

millhouse
County: Meath
Posts: 15

Now now you are letting the cat out of the bag.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 17/11/2008 15:51:43    143123

Francie Bellew of recent times. Caulfield had a real reputation, more hard than tough..

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 17/11/2008 16:01:17    143136

NIALL CAHALANE - CORK EARLY 1990'S

Laughing.Gravy (Dublin) - Posts: 404 - 17/11/2008 16:14:22    143159

yep JohnMitchel ur right, surprisingly enough, ciaran mcdonald is actually a pretty tough character, dont think he be the toughest of all time but he enjoys a tackle as much as the next guy... McGeeney is prob the toughest of recent times...

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 17/11/2008 16:14:49    143161

Barney(Tony) Maher Laois/Leinster midfielder between years of 87/95 was one tough man.

grimley from Armagh around the same time was a Hardman aswell!

BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 17/11/2008 16:31:19    143194

Have to agree with Sandman in relation to Mick Lyons and Brendan Lynskey- two seriously tough players in their day. In the modern game I guess Francie Bellew stands out and in hurling I would have to go for Kilkenny full back Noel Hickey or even Tommy Walsh.

galwaycelt (Galway) - Posts: 307 - 17/11/2008 16:32:55    143197

Zulu or Dobsy...two iron men

Dessie15 (Westmeath) - Posts: 217 - 17/11/2008 16:57:15    143230

graham geraghty!

passerby (Tyrone) - Posts: 724 - 17/11/2008 17:00:22    143236

paddy macCormack from Rhode. end of story. martain furlong the great keeper, wasnt so much tough as hard as nails.

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 17/11/2008 17:08:46    143250

John_3__7
County: Meath
Posts: 112

142384 mick lyons


Wrong thread, toughest player, not the dirtiest player

PJ (None) - Posts: 2288 - 17/11/2008 17:35:23    143284

Peter Withnell. He retired Lyons!

maiden (Down) - Posts: 85 - 17/11/2008 17:36:55    143285

G'lad HAG!

Yep, oul Silvie was the man I admired the most. Tried to model meself on him.
Football.....I loved Ciaran Duff.

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 17/11/2008 17:58:41    143307

Kevin Moran seemed tough enough playin for dublin. Any clips I ever saw was him playin was with 2 torn hamstrings and a battered head. Modern day big Seamie O Neill for Roscommon. Hurling it would have to Sylvie but Noel Hickey is awful hard.

paddyja (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 17/11/2008 18:17:04    143321

mick lyons

keep_the_faith (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 17/11/2008 19:17:56    143377

ciaran mcdonald, f bellew, p joyce, d o shea, tomas mannion(galway still havent found proper replacement),

no3 (Galway) - Posts: 66 - 17/11/2008 20:36:58    143458

thomas clarke

go and have a look on youtube of dublin v tyrone in toronto and have a look at peter canavans reaction to a little slap he got of one of the dubs,mick galvin i think it was,great player was canavan but hard me backside

finglas full ba (None) - Posts: 636 - 17/11/2008 21:12:34    143490

Sean Donnelly was a mean hombre for Tyrone for many a year.

Lyons was tough for sure but rep was based on beatin up the poor wee dubs! Great player though!

The_Goat (Tyrone) - Posts: 1 - 17/11/2008 21:57:48    143516

gerry Flanagan and Jerome Quinn of Leitrim, Mick Lyons, John McDermott, Meath, Seamus Killoran, Roscommon, Ciaran McManus, Offaly, Daire O Se and Paul Galvin, Colin Lynch and Ken McGrath in hurling

bananapublican (Leitrim) - Posts: 878 - 17/11/2008 22:50:31    143577

i see all the nominations here are from the 70's or later, i reckon there were were tougher men playing for a hundred years before that, before T.V., yellow cards, tickings or appeals.

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 17/11/2008 23:17:43    143594