My greatest county player at the moment is Alan Dillon.

My greatest county player of all time, as I am 28 y/o, id go for Kenneth Mortimor (2 ALL STARS). (If he marked Maurice Fitz instead of Pat Holmes in 1997, we would have won that All-Ireland.....fact)

Best County footballer of all time outside Mayo is Paul Curran of Dublin...(3 ALL STARS)

Mitch80 (Mayo) - Posts: 53 - 18/04/2009 14:46:09    261423

on second thought ill go for kevin behan,fantastic foward in his day

the_wee_parish (Louth) - Posts: 197 - 18/04/2009 15:46:07    261491

you got that right about keneth mortimer what was maughan looking at definitely a bad error

jailhouse.usa (Galway) - Posts: 1155 - 18/04/2009 17:36:48    261582

Hurling: Paul Seevers (Keith Raymond isnt far behind though and he is only 21!)

Football: Mickey Kearns (Never had the opportunity of seeing him myself)

irishstew (Sligo) - Posts: 172 - 18/04/2009 18:39:38    261601

Thomas Clarke
County: Tyrone
Posts: 139

261396
Purcell had huge respect for Jones, to the extent that he traveled up to Dungannon for Iggy's funeral. Before Canavan, Jones was acknowledged throughout Tyrone as our greatest ever footballer. The only other 2 who could be considered in the same debate as those 2 were Eugene McKenna and Frank McGuigan.



Thomas you will be getting Tyrone a bad name with posts like this. Absolutely spot on.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 18/04/2009 20:42:44    261694

Hurling: Christy Ring
Football: Larry Tompkins

eiregocroi (Cork) - Posts: 201 - 29/04/2009 11:07:55    270993

in my time - Padraig Joyce in football
- joe canning in hurling

pridengalway (Galway) - Posts: 327 - 29/04/2009 11:37:18    271021

From what ive seen: mickey Linden

From what ive heard: sean o'neill - 5 all stars, 3 all-irelands, gaa millenium team.

gaelic_life (Down) - Posts: 286 - 29/04/2009 11:41:54    271024

Perhaps I should have started a different thread but here is my 'top' footballer from each of the 34 counties … I also mention a few other greats in brackets where applicable as it's not possible not to do so. Those in brackets are in no order of preference. I've gone with players I've seen live, as much as I could. Names in bold indicate that I never saw the player play 'live' but just on TV or in one case just from old stories. I've passed on six occasions, where I just don't know enough about that county to offer an opinion. Remember these are just my personal opinions so I'm not going to answer any 'why' questions.

Antrim: Pass
Armagh: Paddy Moriarty (Joe Kernan, Paul McGrane, Francie Bellew)
Carlow: Tommy Dwyer (Johnny Nevin)
Cavan: John Joe Reilly (from what I hear no player since could ever come near him or even PJ. Duke or Simon Deignan)
Clare: Noel Roche (Francis McInerney, Seamus Clancy)
Cork: Declan Barron ( Niall Cahalane, Larry Tompkins, JB Murphy, Ray Cummins (only saw him in hurling)
Derry: Tony Scullion (Anthony Tohill, Brian Gilligan, Henry Downey)
Donegal: Brian McEniff (Seamus Bonner, Martin McHugh)
Down: Greg Blaney (Colm McAlarney, Sean O'Neill, Liam Austin, Mickey Linden)
Dublin: Brian Mullins (Anton O'Toole, Tommy Drumm, Jimmy Keaveney)
Fermanagh: Peter McGinnity (Martin McGrath, Barry Owens)
Galway: Tom Joe Gilmore (Thomas Mannion, Michael Donnellan, Padraig Joyce)
Kildare: John Crofton (Glenn Ryan, SOS Dowling, Tommy Carew)
Kilkenny: A big pass…
Kerry: Seamus Moynihan (even above the great Jacko', John Egan and Paudie Lynch)
Laois: Tom Prendergast (Bobby Millar, Colm Browne)
Leitrim: Mickey Quinn
Limerick: Donal Fitzgibbon (Paddy Barrett, John Quane)
London: Pass
Longford: Pass
Louth: Eugene Judge (Stefan White jnr., Seamus O'Hanlon)
Mayo: Martin Carney (Willie Joe Padden)
Meath: Gerry McEntee (Colm O'Rourke, Mick Lyons, Joe Cassells, Tommy Dowd, Martin O'Connell, Brendan Reilly)
Monaghan: Nudie Hughes (Ciaran Murray, Hugo Clerkin, Tommy Freeman, Ray McCarron)
New York: Pass
Offaly: Sean Lowry (Matt Connor, Martin Furlong, Johnny Mooney, Padraig Dunne)
Roscommon: Harry Keegan (Dermot Earley, Danny Murray)
Sligo: Eamon O'Hara (Barnes Murphy, Michael Kerins)
Tipperary: Declan Browne (Derry Foley, Barry Grogan)
Tyrone: Frank McGuigan (Peter Canavan, Conor Gormley, Eugene McKenna, Stephen O'Neill, Damien O'Hagan, Sean Cavanagh)
Waterford: Pass
Westmeath: Mike 'Spike' Fagan (John Keane, Dessie Dolan, Ger Heavin)
Wexford: Mattie Forde
Wicklow: Kevin O'Brien (Moses Coffey)

shoulderghost (Limerick) - Posts: 863 - 29/04/2009 13:05:01    271113

Fair due to you Shoulderghost. You've got some great players in there.

Seamus was great and I always change my mind about the greatest ever Kerry footballer. I dont think its possible to answer. The most entertaining to watch for me though was John Egan by a mile. And its nice to see you metioned him.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 29/04/2009 20:57:52    271678

sir packy mc!

& for my adopted county, johnny doyle :0

mac21 (Leitrim) - Posts: 677 - 29/04/2009 23:50:09    271934

mickey quinn also i suppose, for those who dont know leitrim football well!
seamie quinn up there too

mac21 (Leitrim) - Posts: 677 - 29/04/2009 23:51:41    271937

In my lifetime, Glen Ryan.

Summerofsam (Kildare) - Posts: 157 - 30/04/2009 12:24:06    272202

BobMalooka
County: Leitrim
Posts: 27

259072 One Rule: you only have one choice

Packie Mc Garty is my choice, one of the games greatest. Never won a Connaught championship, he played in 4 finals in a row, all lost to Galway. He played county senior football before he played minor and featured for leitrim in 4 decades. His lack of silverware tarnishes his brilliance,have a look for some match reports in games he played in for an idea of what he was like.

What's a few oul' medals worth when you can grow old with dignity and the respect and admiration of your peers, family and friends.
Check the archive section on the forum for a bio if anyone's interested.

Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 745 - 30/04/2009 13:34:40    272316

New York football-Mick Moynihan (Kerry) / US born Terry Connaughton
NY hurling-Johnny Murphy (Tipp)

lostintime (USA) - Posts: 533 - 30/04/2009 13:48:35    272339

Hey shouldergoat do a bit of research on my beloved County for goodness sake will yee ye boy ye.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 30/04/2009 17:42:59    272625

London = Scott Doran

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 30/04/2009 17:48:01    272629

Jimmy Barry Murphy. A legend in hurling and they say he was even better at football. Top quality all round player!

rebels (None) - Posts: 65 - 30/04/2009 17:48:07    272631

Shouldeg....

Should that not be Jimmy Murray from Roscommon?
Captained them in 43 & 44

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 30/04/2009 18:11:06    272654

sorry boxtyeater worded that ****ways, its a pity he missed out on them all the same. He is an absolute gentleman also, great rolemodel for all leitrim gaels (and elsewhere for that matter)

BobMalooka (Leitrim) - Posts: 37 - 30/04/2009 23:09:28    272906