The Greats you've seen - Gaaboard Railway Cup

[stephenite]

AZ mentioned it on the other thread, impossible to pick one from the entire country so the only rule is you have to have seen them play in the flesh and you can only nominate for your own province.

Connacht :

Gay Sheerin - Roscommon
Kenneth Mortimer - Mayo
Peter Forde - Mayo
Enon Gavin - Roscommon
Deccie Meehan - Galway
James Nallen - Mayo
Sean Og De Paor - Galway
Kevin Walshe - Galway
Liam McHale - Mayo
Eammon O'Hara - Sligo
Ciaran McDonald - Mayo
Michael Donnellan - Galway
Ja Fallon - Galway
Padraig Joyce - Galway
Tony McManus - Roscommon

Tried to be fair, had to put Ja at 13 just to fit both him and O'Hara in. Bloody harder than I thought

[rrhf]

Ulster:
Beeny Tierney
Ryan mc menamin
Chris Lawn
Tony Scullion
Keiran Mc Geeney
Conor Gormley
Henry Downey
B Dooher
B Mc Guigan
G Blaney
J Mc Cartan
P Canavn
M linden

[Maximus Marillius]

rrhf...would you like to pick a midfield

[AZOffaly]

Now you're sucking Diesel. It's still going to be very hard to do but...

1. Martin Furlong (Uibh Fhailí)

2. Damien Healy (Iar Mhí)
3. Mick Lyons (An Mhí)
4. Robbie O'Malley (An Mhí)

5. Anthony Rainbow (Cill Dara)
6. Liam Harnan (An Mhí)
7. Martin O'Connell (An Mhí)

8. Brian Mullins (Ath Cliath)
9. Gerry McEntee (An Mhí)

10. Kevin O'Brien (Cill Mhantain)
11. Matt Connor (Uibh Fhailí)
12. Graham Geraghty (An Mhí)

13. Bernard Flynn (An Mhí)
14. Colm O'Rourke (An Mhí)
15. Dessie Barry (Long Fort)


I suppose my team reflects a strong Meath bias because they are the last Leinster team to really compete at All Ireland level consistanty. Not too many modern Leinster players, and I suppose that reflects how the province has struggled over the last while, although lads like Graham Geraghty, Trevor Giles, Johnny Doyle, Darren Fay and co would not be embarrassed on it. The great Dublin team of the mid-late 70s came a little before my time, but i do remember seeing Brian Mullins a few times, and he was a giant of a man. He only loses out to Jack O'Shea on my All-Ireland team.

Martin Furlong was a fantastic goalkeeper, and appeared in Every All Ireland that Offaly won until they won the Under 21 in 1988. He was minor in 64, and Senior in 71, 72 and 82, culminating in the penalty save from Mikey Sheehy that day. He also was a 4 time All Star winner, the first in 1972, and the last in 1983, which culminated a 3 in a row!

Matt Connor was Matt Connor.

For the rest, I believe Damien Healy was a major factor in Westmeath's brief flirtation (thank God ) with the big time, and I think he'd have made any team in the country. I opted for Anthony Rainbow at half back ahead of lads like Paul Curren, because I always felt Rainbow was the epitome to me of a fit, athletic, attacking half back. I went for Kevin O'Brien and Dessie Barry in the forwards, ahead of some seriously big names like Trevor Giles, Barney Rock, Brian Stafford etc. etc because I genuinely thought they were both excellent players, and would have made any of the other county teams at their time.

[thebandit]

Uladh

Paul O'Dowd
Kieran McKeever
Francie Bellew
Tony Scullion
Conor Gormley
Kieran Mc Geeney
DJ Kane
Anthony Tohill
Sean Cavanagh
Brian Mc Guigan
Greg Blaney
Oisin McConville
Nudie Hughes
Peter Canavn
Mickey Linden

[Uladh]

Neil Collins

Kieran McKeever
Tony Scullion
SM Lockhart

Henry Downey
Kieran McGeeney
Noel Hegarty

Paul McGrane
Anthony Tohill

Adrian Cush
Greg Blaney
Wee James

Mickey Linden
Ronan clarke
Peter Canavan

[Maximus Marillius]

Brian Mc Alinden
Kieran Mc Keever
Gerry Mc Carville
Tony Scullion
Jim Reilly
Kieran Mc Geeney
Barry Mc Gowan
Anthony Tohill
Eugene Mc kenna
Martin Mc Hugh
Greg Blaney
Sean Cavanagh
Mickry Linden
Peter Canavan
Nudie Hughes

[Tyrone Dreamer]

Surely anyone with Francie Bellew at full back is having a laugh! Dont think Id have Ryan McMenamin at corner back either - if I was going to pick someone from Tyrone at corner back it would have to be Fay Devlin.

[cornafean]

1. Paul O'Dowd
2. Kieran McKeever
3. Chris Lawn
4. Tony Scullion
5. Kieran McGeeney
6. Henry Downey
7. Jim Reilly
8. Barry Breen
9.  Anthony Tohill
10.Martin McHugh
11. Greg Blaney
12. Stephen McDonnell
13. Mickey Linden
14. Eugene McKenna
15. Peter Canavan

[Declan]

 1. John O'Leary (Ath Cliath)

2. Gay O'Driscoll (Ath Cliath)
3. Mick Lyons (An Mhí)
4. Robbie O'Malley (An Mhí)

5. Paul Curran (Ath Cliath)
6. Kevin Moran (Ath Cliath)
7. Martin O'Connell (An Mhí)

8. Brian Mullins (Ath Cliath)
9. John Mcdermott (An Mhí)

10. Matt Connor (Uibh Fhailí)
11. Tony Hanahoe (Ath Cliath)
12. Graham Geraghty (An Mhí)

13. Colm O'Rourke(An Mhí)
14. Jimmy Keaveny (An Mhí)
15. Kevin O'Brien  (Cill Mhantain)

[Maximus Marillius]

Billy Morgan
Paudi O'Shea
John O'Keefe
Niall Cahalane
Tony Davis
Tim Kennelly
Ger Power
Jack O'Shea
Dara O'Shea
Maurice Fitzgerald
Larry Thompins
Pat Slillane
Gooch
Eoin Listen
John Egan

[Hound]

      - Stephen Cluxton -
Robbie O'Malley - Darren Fay - Mick Kennedy
Paul Curran - Keith Barr - Martin O'Connell
- Brian Mullins - Gerry McEntee -
Ciaran Whelan - Matt Connor - Kieran Duff
Charlie Redmond - Colm O'Rourke - Bernard Flynn

[An Gaeilgoir]

AZ mentioned it on the other thread, impossible to pick one from the entire country so the only rule is you have to have seen them play in the flesh and you can only nominate for your own province.

Connacht :

Gay Sheerin - Roscommon
Kenneth Mortimer - Mayo
Peter Forde - Mayo
Enon Gavin - Roscommon
Deccie Meehan - Galway
James Nallen - Mayo
Sean Og De Paor - Galway
Kevin Walshe - Galway
Liam McHale - Mayo
Eammon O'Hara - Sligo
Ciaran McDonald - Mayo
Michael Donnellan - Galway
Ja Fallon - Galway
Padraig Joyce - Galway
Tony McManus - Roscommon

Tried to be fair, had to put Ja at 13 just to fit both him and O'Hara in. Bloody harder than I thought

A good selection but having seen the great Dermot Earley playing for Roscommon in his later years i would have to stick him in also Noel Tierney playing for the herring chokers...always broke Mayo hearts.

[AZOffaly]

      - Stephen Cluxton -
Robbie O'Malley - Darren Fay - Mick Kennedy
Paul Curran - Keith Barr - Martin O'Connell
- Brian Mullins - Gerry McEntee -
Ciaran Whelan - Matt Connor - Kieran Duff
Charlie Redmond - Colm O'Rourke - Bernard Flynn

Ciaran Whelan hound? (Not picking, just interested, especially at half forward). I was toying with the idea of Kieran Duff myself.

[Dinny Breen]

 1. John O'Leary (Ath Cliath)

2. Joe Higgins (Laois)
3. Darren Fay (An Mhí)
4. Robbie O'Malley (An Mhí)

5. Anthony Rainbow (Cill Dara)
6. Glen Ryan (Cill Dara)
7. Keith Barr(Ath Cliath)

8. Niall Buckley (Cill Dara)
9. John Mcdermott (An Mhí)

10. Jason Sherlock (Ath Cliath)
11.  Graham Geraghty (An Mhí)
12 Dessie Dolan (Iar Mhí)

13. Colm O'Rourke(An Mhí)
12. Ollie Murphy (An Mhí)
15. Kevin O'Brien  (Cill Mhantain)