Mick Mackey in Hurling
John Quane in the Football

Southsham (Limerick) - Posts: 752 - 04/06/2009 21:26:46    302148

Football: Mikey Sheehy
Hurling: Shane Brick

kerryhurling (Kerry) - Posts: 274 - 05/06/2009 04:11:03    302374

Iggy Jones

naomhbrid (Antrim) - Posts: 29 - 05/06/2009 10:37:41    302442

mackey

followed by cregan/carey

shortpuckout (Limerick) - Posts: 148 - 05/06/2009 11:23:23    302493

Modern Age:

Ben O'Connor.

Will leave some vacum in Cork team when he retires.

Pure Class.

endofstory69 (Cork) - Posts: 97 - 05/06/2009 11:37:01    302513

John Joe Reilly . . .simply class

mmcf (Cavan) - Posts: 76 - 05/06/2009 12:01:17    302545

Probably has to be the Dodger himself - Denis Joseph Carey.
Had the ability to win games with a piece of magic and was unlucky enough to be hurling when Kilkenny hadn't the strength in depth that it has now.
In saying that I think Henry will be long seen as a legend in years to come.

solo (Kilkenny) - Posts: 314 - 05/06/2009 12:41:00    302597

In my time:

Football - Padraig Joyce

HUrling - Joe Cooney

aidangalway (Galway) - Posts: 648 - 05/06/2009 12:58:01    302614

The Boiler McGuiness. But even I don't remember him. 1930's

The real Árd Rí (Meath) - Posts: 990 - 05/06/2009 12:58:26    302615

naomhbrid
County: Antrim
Posts: 9

302442 Iggy Jones

Iggy Jones played for Dungannon Clarkes and Tyrone. He won an Ulster title with them in 1956. My old primary school principal. Is there another legend of the same name from Antrim or are we talking about the same person?

Sideline_View (Tyrone) - Posts: 62 - 05/06/2009 13:11:38    302623

The legend that is Pat Lindsay.If you havent heard of Pat Lindsay,dont consider yourself a true gael(regardless of your county).Mark my words you ask any of the members of the great Kerry team of the late 70's and 80's(I asked them),who they feared the most when they met that legendary ros team of the same era,they will give you the same answer.Not Dermot Earley,not Tony Mac,not even the Jigger,but the great Pat Lindsay.
Honourable mentions for Gerry O'Malley and Bill Carlos"The Man with the Velvet Paws"

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 05/06/2009 13:22:13    302633

You cannot be serious putting Pat Lindsay ahead or even in the same category as Gerry O Malley.O Malley was and from what i am told by older Roscommon supporters with Jimmy Murray the two real greats of Roscommon football.Saw O Malley play and he was class.Dermot Earley was Rossies top performer of the past 40 years,Tony McManus second. No doubt Lindsay was a fine full back but like many of his era was often as interested in his opponent as the ball.

Auldfella (Meath) - Posts: 472 - 05/06/2009 13:43:55    302657

Well its what the experts said.Dont get too upset auldfella,Its just an opinion,everybodys got 1.

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 05/06/2009 14:13:55    302691

The mighty JohnJoe O'Reilly from a rural club in cavan called cornafean..He was untouchable

lad09 (Cavan) - Posts: 239 - 06/06/2009 14:18:07    303374

NUDIE HUGHES. End of.

PearseBro (Monaghan) - Posts: 459 - 07/06/2009 15:46:51    303885

Frank McGuigan! I was lucky enough to be in Clones at the Ulster Final 1984, the day Frank famously scored 11 pts - 5 with the right foot, 5 with the left and a free. It was the year I started following county football and I was obviously bitten by the bug as I've been following Tyrone ever since. Other notables would be Eugene McKenna, Kevin McCabe, John Lynch, Plunkett Donaghy and Peter Canavan. Cormac McAnallen would surely have become a legend as he had already accomplished so much in his short life.

ClonoeExile (Tyrone) - Posts: 55 - 07/06/2009 16:56:28    303921