Jimmy Magee All Stars

[Shamrock Shore]

Local rag ran a piece on a visit to my local club of The Jimmy Magee All Stars in 1989.

On Magee's team was, among others, Jack O'Shea, Jimmy, Fr. Brian D'Arcy, Pat Jennings.

I remember the game well (55 yr old then Shamrock Shore Senior 'marked' Jacko for a while) and it was a harmeless bit of fun. Jacko skinned him (for the record). However it may have been a different kettle of fish had the game been in 1960! Jacko would have been prob 5 then and the auld fella would have crushed him.

Anyone else have Jimmy Magee's bus pull into your club?
Who was on the All Star team?

[JUst retired]

The All-Stars team was made up of mostly guys who played in Showbands. I remember playing one night in Ardee, I don`t remember going home though,it was great craic.Gene Stuart also had a team playing for a few years. They were called The Tyrone All-Stars. I was on that team with Declan Nearney.Arty Mc Glynn,Tony Cannon, Gene Stuart,(we had to play him as he owned the ball) Gene Fitzpatrick,Billy Mullen and many more I cant recall at the moment. All the games were usually a draw,the ref always robbed us. I have a photo of that team somewhere at home.After the game there would have been a bit of a concert for some charity.Boy those were the good old days, before it was a sin to drink and drive!!! I would`nt tell my friends that I played for Tyrone as I`m from Armagh and would be run out of town even yet.