GAA Childhood Heroes

[Mack the finger]

Paddy Mo (got his autograph on my arm when I was seven and didn't wash it for a week)
Johnny Corvan, after a fantastic goal down in Cork

[rolloutking]

Football - Graham Geraghty, Trevor Giles, John Mc Dermott, Tommy Dowd, Colm O Rourke

Hurling - Johnny Pilkington, Paul Flynn, John Troy, Jamsie O Connor, Mark Landers, Petey Quigley

[Orior]

Colm McAlarney of Down. I never knew Armagh had a team until 1977 

[johnpower]

Pat Spillane . The best player ever to play the game  (in my opinion ) and then he goes to  the Sunday World  not the best Sunday game anchor though .

[orangeman]

The one and only King Frank Mc Guigan

[stephenite]

Jimmy Browne

[5 Sams]

Growing up I always fancied myself as a full back cos I had a decent pair of hands and I wasnt fast enough or skilful enough to play anywhere else...so my heroes were John O'Keeffe and The Doc....but the daddy of them all was Colm McAlarney...everybody wanted to be Arkle...legend.

[Pangurban]

It would appear that the Downmen here who are nominating Arkle, never saw Joe Lennon or Jarlath Carey. While Arkle was a good Mid-Fielder, he would not have been fit to carry the water bottle for either lennon or Carey

[Spiritof98]

Football - Graham Geraghty, Trevor Giles, John Mc Dermott, Tommy Dowd, Colm O Rourke

Hurling - Johnny Pilkington, Paul Flynn, John Troy, Jamsie O Connor, Mark Landers, Petey Quigley

I like it.

[Uladh]

All club players. i didn't know there was county football until i was 11 or 12.

[corn02]

The one and only Houlie.

[heurebag]

brian mc giligan, what a savage, hes got an arm,like a leg, a punch that wud sink a battle ship

[Dont Matter]

Hughie Emerson

[stew]

Paddy Mo. Absolute rock for Armagh.

Johnny Corvan was the most talented gaelic footballer I ever saw play the game, he was amazing.

[ardal]

Paddy Mo. Remember when he turned up to our dinner dance / presentation night in the Chestnut lodge. I've a photo of myself in my "tank top" staring up with this shell shock look at paddy.