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GAA Heroes and Villains- All time

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I started a similar thread on the football site so it
is fitting that there is one for GAA heroes and villains.
There are a lot less villains in the GAA though!!

Who would be your all time heroes and villains be?

Hero:Colm Cooper
Villain: Davy Fitzgerald
Own county heroes: Sean O'Neill/ Mickey Linden

REDANDBLACK30 (Down) - Posts: 1702 - 11/12/2013 14:03:02    1522574

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Hero: Peter the great Canavan/The Gooch
Villain: Throw Sherdian
Own county heroes: Stefan White/ Paddy Keenan

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 11/12/2013 14:16:57    1522582

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Hero: Charlie Redmond, Kieran McGeeney & Tomas O'Se
Villain: John McDermott & Brian Dooher
Own county heroes: Charlie, Jayo, Cluxton, Barr, Brogans

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 11/12/2013 14:22:59    1522586

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Hero: Mikey Sheehy

Villain: Colm Coyle

Own county: Brian Mullins

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8783 - 11/12/2013 14:28:26    1522591

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Heroes: Tony Boyle, Paul Curran, Martin Daly/DJ Carey, Seanie McMahon, Geoffrey McGonagle

Villians: Joe Sheridan, Bernard Brogan, Ja Fallon/Jimmy Cooney

Heroes from Kildare: Declan Kerrigan, John Doyle, Glen Ryan, Ger Power/Pat Dunney, Tony Carew, Tommy Carew

sedico (Kildare) - Posts: 1682 - 11/12/2013 14:39:23    1522601

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Heroes the late great Paudie , King Henry , Heffo
Villans There can be only one Boooooooooooooooooooo Gramham Gerathy
Own County heroes will try to keep it short which is very difficult but from different era,s here goes Mullins , Dessie Farrell , Cluxton

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 11/12/2013 15:03:54    1522617

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Heros: domhnall o Donovan, gooch, kev Mac, John troy, ciaran Carey, shefflin, shanahan
Villains: John McDermott, Coyle, diarmuid Connolly, Timmy Kelleher, Tomas Dunne, John Leahy
Own county heroes: Connolly, rushe, Keaney, Charlie Redmond, jayo, the blue panther, brogan, and of course, Joey towell!

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 11/12/2013 15:31:31    1522630

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Hero:Seamus Darby
Villain: Paddy Russell
Own county heroes: Eugene McKenna/Cormac McAnallen/Frank McGuigan/Brian Dooher

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 11/12/2013 15:34:27    1522632

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Hero: Henry Shefflin, Jackie Tyrrell
Villain: John Mullane
Own county heroes: Anthony Nash, Shane o'neill, Diarmuid o'sullivan.

RebelCork (Cork) - Posts: 789 - 11/12/2013 15:39:04    1522635

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Heroes Dublin: Jayo, Cluxton, Charlie

Culchie Heroes: King Henry, John Mullane, Mo Fitz, Ciarán Mac, Brian Lohan, Brian Dooher, Micky Harte

Villains: Graham Geraghty, Ollie Murphy, John McDermott, Darren Fay, Trevor Giles*

*all villains are of course superb footballers

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13819 - 11/12/2013 15:41:23    1522637

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Hero: Joe Canning, Éanna Ryan , michael Donellan & Padraic Joyce
Villain: Joe Sheridan
Own county hero: Paddy Keenan & Colin Kelly

hurler in the ditch (Louth) - Posts: 439 - 11/12/2013 15:52:24    1522643

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hero- graham geraghty
villan- martin lynch/larry Tomkins (both Kildare!)

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 842 - 11/12/2013 15:53:04    1522644

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Heroes: Mick Lyons, Tommy Dowd, Peter Canavan, John Troy, Brian whelehan, Joe Cooney

Villains: Brian Cody, DJ Carey, Gay O'Driscoll, Colm Cooper, Sean Halpin, Donal Cusack

Heroes from my county: Damien Fitzhenry, Tom Dempsey, Jimmy Holohan, Mattie Forde, David Shannon

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2581 - 11/12/2013 15:54:41    1522645

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Heroes: Ciarán MacDonald, Maurice Fitzgerald, Sean Cavannagh

Villain: Francie Bellew

Own County: Tony Boyle, Anthony Molloy, Martin McHugh, Karl lacey, Michael Murphy,

Glasgow_Gael (UK) - Posts: 8 - 11/12/2013 16:04:28    1522650

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The Villian: Cathal O Rourke (Armagh) and Ryan Mcmenamin
The Hero: Colm O Rourke, Gooch, Giles and maurice Fitz

woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 11/12/2013 16:05:22    1522651

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Would big Vinnie Murphy not be classed as a hero for you Dubs? I use to love seeing him come on.

Hero: Peter the great, Matty McGleenan
Villains: Martin O'Connell

sam09 (Tyrone) - Posts: 339 - 11/12/2013 16:08:20    1522654

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Damothedub
County: Dublin
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Heroes the late great Paudie , King Henry , Heffo
Villans There can be only one Boooooooooooooooooooo Gramham Gerathy
Own County heroes will try to keep it short which is very difficult but from different era,s here goes Mullins , Dessie Farrell , Cluxton

Who in the name of Zeus's beard is Gramham Gerathy??

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3749 - 11/12/2013 16:17:48    1522660

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sam09, there's so many, I just chose one :D

Vinny was a superb footballer, but a hero? I don't know about that!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8783 - 11/12/2013 16:21:23    1522663

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11/12/2013 16:17:48
Richieq
County: Meath
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Damothedub
County: Dublin
Posts: 1248

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Heroes the late great Paudie , King Henry , Heffo
Villans There can be only one Boooooooooooooooooooo Gramham Gerathy
Own County heroes will try to keep it short which is very difficult but from different era,s here goes Mullins , Dessie Farrell , Cluxton

Who in the name of Zeus's beard is Gramham Gerathy??

Ha ha , Had a response that would never get through , suffice to say someone I hated and admired with equal measure .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 11/12/2013 17:32:55    1522729

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11/12/2013 15:03:54
Damothedub
County: Dublin
Posts: 1253

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Heroes the late great Paudie , King Henry , Heffo
Villans There can be only one Boooooooooooooooooooo Gramham Gerathy
Own County heroes will try to keep it short which is very difficult but from different era,s here goes Mullins , Dessie Farrell , Cluxton


Sorry lads , cant believe I left out John Mulane and for me he goes in the hero box

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 11/12/2013 17:35:46    1522734

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