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The village in Co Tyrone that is full of cowboys

A Co Tyrone village is to be transformed into the Wild West in a fundraising event in honour of its most famous sporting son, the late Cormac McAnallen.

It will be a case of exchanging the football boots for cowboy boots as Eglish St Patrick's GAA club hosts a Wild West Night on September 7, boasting country and western music, line-dancing, a barbecue, rodeo bull riding and rifle ranges.

All proceeds will go towards the club's goal of developing a second football field - Pairc Chormaic - in honour of the Tyrone captain who died three years ago at the age of 24 from an undetected heart condition.

The new pitch will provide an additional training facility for a burgeoning club that has over 10 teams playing football and camogie.

Cormac's former Tyrone and Eglish colleague Brendan Donnelly and camogie player Claire Ogle are two of six 'pardners' squaring up for the honour of being declared 'the biggest cowboy in Eglish'!

Competing Butch Cassidys and Calamity Janes will vie for votes by riding a bucking bronco machine and performing a special party piece before the winner - with the greatest amount of money raised - is declared.

Mickey Harte's prodigal son Mark Harte is returning to the Tyrone panel

Ronan O Gara's "TRY" reminded me of the refereeing display by Michael Collins in the Tryone-V-Armagh Ulster fianl 05 in Croke Park

Pat Spillane on Des Cahill Show castigated Tyrone football tonight. He criticised the negative tactics of Tyrone and Armagh footballers and blamed the mangers

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Mickey Hartes All Ireland wins in 2003 and 2005 were against defending All Ireland champions
Colm Cooper was "taken out" early in the 2005 final when Tyrone knew they had to take him out if they were to win
   

   

John Allen is waiting to be libelled on this board lads
I bet ya he'll be hoping for some thick in "Up North" to libel him

With Tyrone,Armagh, Mayo, Laois, Galway eliminated, I think we could see a repeat of 2004 and see Kerry have another easy All Ireland win

Mulgrew and Mc Cullagh had stinkers
Bring back Mark Harte

Just saw Mickey Hartes  post match interiew with Joanne Cantwell. He had no excuses and said the better team won. Nice to see there are some managers who can be gracious in defeat unlike managers like Jack O Connor and Billy Morgan

They should get that stunner from TG4 Grainne McElwain to do the commentary. She has excellent presenting skills and is easier on the eye than Marty or Ger Canning

On Monday 30th of July  from 6pm -7pm on www.radiokerry.ie Joe is giving an interview on  Radio Kerry you can listen to the interview live on www.radiokerry.ie

any views on who provides better coverage of Gaelic Games?

In my opinion TG4 has better presenters like Grainne McElwain and Michael O Domhnaill

Where is Mark Harte??? I thought he was a superb minor for Tyrone. And whatever happened to Declan McCrossan???

If Tyrone beat Monaghan on Sunday will Tyrone avoid meeting Kerry until the final?