I am sure every county has had players who could of been superstars but were lost to the county due to some reason or other. Emigration,injury,lack of interest,personal issues etc.... . Players you say " Only if ...".
I think from my own personal opinion that John Concannon from Miltown was a massive loss to Galway and to the GAA in general. A player who was better and i am not going over board when i say was better then Padraig Joyce and Michael Donnellon when a minor and playing with a St Jarlaths Hogan cup winning team.
A wonderfull talent who could of superstar.

galwaybhoy (Galway) - Posts: 83 - 18/02/2010 18:56:44    566041

We lost Kevin Moran to some mickey mouse English football team.

PJ (None) - Posts: 2288 - 18/02/2010 19:35:03    566117

shane long could have been a serious hurler only to move to reading

bigman2 (Tipperary) - Posts: 1202 - 18/02/2010 19:42:00    566130

Donegal has plenty of men who think there superstars but far from it!

allstar4 (Donegal) - Posts: 558 - 18/02/2010 19:43:54    566135

kerry missed out on one class wing back on Martin beckett who traically died in a car crash when he was 18 just shortly after wining an all ireland u 21 in 1998, he was in the same league as tomas o se probaly better, may God be good to him.

kerryrowz (Kerry) - Posts: 833 - 18/02/2010 19:45:33    566138

What's this his name was....

Coylers Elbow (Meath) - Posts: 1075 - 18/02/2010 20:31:19    566201

rob kearney.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 18/02/2010 21:56:47    566374

Tommy bowe

Lofty (Monaghan) - Posts: 727 - 18/02/2010 21:59:07    566377

Cillian Sheridan.

wolfpack1 (Cavan) - Posts: 14 - 19/02/2010 09:02:02    566402

..........shane lowry

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 19/02/2010 09:38:38    566422

So thats where Tommy Bowe learned how to play rugby lofty ;)

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 19/02/2010 09:38:45    566423

Niall Buckley

Willie Nelson (None) - Posts: 972 - 19/02/2010 10:10:51    566450

what ever happened to Liam Brosnan Kerry,Conrad Murphy Cork,were decent young players who never fulfilled their potential

Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 19/02/2010 10:17:57    566462

Tommy Bowe played gealic for junior club emyvale in monaghan, dont think he played county though! Barry Owens a forgotten man, 2 all-stars and and injury plagued since... what a player he was!

southferm (Fermanagh) - Posts: 93 - 19/02/2010 10:29:54    566474

Roy Carrol cud have ben a good asset to Fermanagh, or maybe not!

southferm (Fermanagh) - Posts: 93 - 19/02/2010 10:32:51    566478

Niall Buckley and Johnny MacDonald. Always thought losing Johnny MacDonald cost us an All Ireland or two, he could have been the forward we needed to go that little bit further.

JPM1981 (Kildare) - Posts: 825 - 19/02/2010 10:36:45    566481

Billy O Shea of Kerry was a great player? Never heard of him much playing for Kerry. Michael Walsh of Down, a brilliant half forward, not in the Down squad, should be on it easily, one of the best players in Ireland, indeed on the 99 minor winning team he was one of the best with Benny Coulter.

tullyframerover (Down) - Posts: 276 - 19/02/2010 10:44:57    566490

Yeah, Johnny McDonald was a great forward, temper was a bit suspect but a very exciting player

Willie Nelson (None) - Posts: 972 - 19/02/2010 10:50:02    566497

You are right about the temper. Will we ever forget the time both himself and Mrtin Lynch were sent of in the first 10 mins against Laois and we went on to beat them. Best Kildare performance ever.

JPM1981 (Kildare) - Posts: 825 - 19/02/2010 10:54:07    566505

We have so many but I know ye boys don't have all day.

chainsaw (Laois) - Posts: 712 - 19/02/2010 10:54:46    566508