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Jim Reilly had everything. One of the best if not the best Cavan footballer I ever saw in a Cavan jersey. Rarely saw him play a bad game. He could play anywhere was so versatile. We could do with a few Jim Reillys nowadays."]Jim Reilly 100% first name to come to mind. Tough as nails. Skills to boot. Never lost a personal battle on the pitch either club, county or province. What a fantastic player cavan97 (Cavan) - Posts: 369 - 08/09/2017 12:34:53 2044149 Link 0 |
Jim Reilly had everything. One of the best if not the best Cavan footballer I ever saw in a Cavan jersey. Rarely saw him play a bad game. He could play anywhere was so versatile. We could do with a few Jim Reillys nowadays."]I wouldn't argue against that on either count. breffni47 (Cavan) - Posts: 34 - 08/09/2017 13:12:38 2044163 Link 0 |
Aidan Connolly (bailieborough) could get in the heavy hits and play football Breffni81 (Cavan) - Posts: 181 - 08/09/2017 15:14:12 2044209 Link 0 |
"A king" refers to adge king
Breffni81 (Cavan) - Posts: 181 - 08/09/2017 15:21:00 2044212 Link 0 |
is that the same lad that played with Kingscourt
s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 08/09/2017 15:43:38 2044216 Link 0 |
To be fair Andy played most of his football with Crosserlough
s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 08/09/2017 15:46:20 2044219 Link 0 |
As I said above: I was wrong up above - Andy was of course a Crosserlough man. Lived in Kingscourt later but I don't think he played for them. opa01 (Cavan) - Posts: 503 - 08/09/2017 16:36:29 2044231 Link 0 |
Toughest player to have played Championship football had to be Frankie Dolan from Templeport. Joebe (Cavan) - Posts: 76 - 09/09/2017 10:37:50 2044330 Link 0 |
The O'Keefes are and always will be a very respected family not only in GAA but in the wider community. A proud Drumalee family who hold the respect of all Gaels within Cavan and indeed outside of Cavan. May Dennis rest in peace. A gentleman of our time.
YOUWONTCODME (Cavan) - Posts: 125 - 09/09/2017 11:48:46 2044344 Link 0 |
are we talking tough or dirty as most of the comments are referring to heavy hits, sore ribs etc StirringIt (Cavan) - Posts: 374 - 12/09/2017 15:29:29 2045284 Link 0 |
Am Going back a few years now fearcliste (Wexford) - Posts: 178 - 13/09/2017 17:16:11 2045715 Link 0 |
Don't know the older ones but of lads that I've seen PatTheDandy (Cavan) - Posts: 356 - 15/09/2017 15:13:01 2046253 Link 0 |
Willie Doonan, Cavan Gaels and King of the Acre, he didn't need to lift weights or drink protein shakes, and he would have swallowed up and chewed modern day footballers for fun, and of course, his nephew James, played with the Gaels and Cavan, pure raw strength. cavanblueman (Cavan) - Posts: 636 - 19/09/2017 15:51:42 2048147 Link 0 |
Of the current era, James McEnroe not afraid to hit a shoulder. FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2791 - 21/09/2017 18:09:57 2049103 Link 0 |
ADGE KING,JIMMY CARROLL-- LARAGH,BERNARD MORRIS,CIARAN BRADY_GOWNA,TREVOR CROWE-- LACKEN,EAMONN O'CONNELL RAMOR, celt2018 (Cavan) - Posts: 160 - 03/11/2017 14:58:14 2060141 Link 0 |
If they were tough what does that make Andy McCabe or Crosserlough? Or Tom Lynch? Andy was the toughest man that ever put a Cavan jersey on. Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 03/11/2017 15:59:18 2060161 Link 0 |
John McEvoy from Killygarry ! Ask Terry Hyland ! He had to eat his dinner twice that day ! Jampot (Cavan) - Posts: 76 - 03/12/2017 20:29:50 2064348 Link 0 |
Tomsmith here from Cavan Town The Spear Lynch, Texas Brady, Andy Mc Cabe, and Enda Mc Gowen All were tough fare and a few of them a wee bit dirty. There was another character that played full back around Belturbet, Belaconnell or Swad area long ago when I was a Gausan and I am told that he would draw a line across the field about 30 yards out from his Goal and warn the full forward not to come in past it. The great Mrs T,s parents often spoke about him, He was a odious with apair of ankle breaker boots laced up to half way his shin bone tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3947 - 03/12/2017 22:13:36 2064349 Link 0 |
He's not the man you're referring to but John McVitty from Corlough was another tough player. He'd run through you all day long. Played a bit with the gaels too helping them win a county title or two in the late 70's.
Westcavan5 (Cavan) - Posts: 27 - 06/12/2017 09:31:59 2064521 Link 0 |
the man Tom is talking about was a Maguire man who played for corlough. can't remember his name but he was a garda and a hardy boy. You'd need to have some confidence to challenge someone to that!!!! John Mc Vitty was a seriously tough man i believe, with great hands and a knack of taking lads out of it as he landed with the ball. theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 07/12/2017 16:56:56 2064623 Link 0 |