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Cumann Lúthchleas Gael - Gaelic Athletic Association |
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Cumann
Chluain Daimh - Clonduff GAA Club |
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Senior Co
Winners - 9 SFC - 1930, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1980,
2000, AI Football 7s 2009;
3 Senior Ladies FC - 2006, 2007, 2008; 2 Senior Camogie Championship
- 2007, 2009, AI Camogie 7s Shield 2009; 2 Senior Handball Titles;
2 JHC; 41 County Scór Titles! |
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 National Recognition For
Ciarán Branagan
Clonduff
referee, Ciarán Branagan, has been selected on the top
fifteen list of football referees for the forthcoming
inter-county championships. Ciarán made his second
official visit to Croke Park this year when he took
charge of the recent NFL Division Four decider between
Offaly and Limerick. Just a few weeks ago Ciarán
refereed the All-Ireland Junior Club Final between
Ballinasloe and Kenmare also at GAA headquarters. Ciarán
Branagan took up the whistle in 1999 and has made steady
progress as a referee ever since. For some time Ciarán
has been generally regarded as one of the top referees
in Down and is now being awarded due recognition at
national level. Together with Warrenpoint’s Brendan
Rice, Ciarán had originally been included in the
national panel of the forty-five best referee in
Ireland. Ciarán’s assignments so far in 2013 have
included national league games, MacRory Cup fixtures and
the Ulster U21 Final between Cavan and Donegal. Back in
2011 Ciarán was welcomed by Irish emigrants to Bahrain
to officiate at the Middle East Championship Finals. The
Clonduff man and his six highly trusted officials,
Mickey Curran, Marty Brady, Mark Doherty, Eamon
Fitzsimmons, Mickey Cunningham and Seamus O’Hanlon have
travelled all over the country to take charge of many
prestigious games. It is a great encouragement to all
Down referees to see Ciarán gain merited national
recognition and knowledgeable GAA followers throughout
the county are adamant that Ciarán Branagan is up to
taking charge of provincial and qualifier championship
games this coming summer. (from Down fb page) |
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Aidan Carr Gets Away
from His Man!
Congratulations to Down
Senior Footballers on their two point victory over
Mayo in Pairc Esler on Saturday night. This is Down's
first win of the year and they make the long journey to
Killarney next weekend to play Kerry who have had a
worse start to their League campaign than Down -
hopefully Down won't be the first team to give them that
much needed first win of the season.
Aidan Carr (pictured above
- Irish News Wednesday 13th March) played at
centre-half back and Darren O'Hagan made his first
appearance of the year coming on as a second half sub. |
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Clonduff Senior Referee
- Ciarán Branagan
It was a big week for our
Senior Referee Ciarán Branagan! On Sunday 24th February
2013 Ciarán too charge of the All Ireland Junior
Football Final in Croke Park and three days later
(Wednesday 27th Feb) he was the man in the middle of the
St Paul's v St McCartan's MacRory Cup Semi Final. Ciarán
has been on the inter-county referees panel for a few
years and is doing a great job in flying the flag, not
only for local referees but also for his native club,
Clonduff! Well done Ciarán! (More photos of Ciarán,
courtesy of Seamus O'Hanlon, Kilcoo (his sideline
official) on our Facebook Page) |
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Down v
Meath Challenge Game - Ryan Doyle Repatriation
Fund |
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Down Senior Footballers played Meath in an Inter County
Challenge Game on Saturday 29th December at 5.30pm in Pairc Esler in aid of the Ryan Doyle
Repatriation Fund
(voluntary contribution) - the young Liatroim man
who tragically died in Australia in November.
Many of the panel got a run out in
preparation for the McKenna Cup which starts on
Sunday 6th January. Louis McNally took these photos
of Clonduff Players - Aidan Carr (left) and Arthur
McConville (right). |
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Arthur Makes His First Start for Down
Arthur McConville made his first
competitive start in a Down Shirt in the
ill-fated defeat by Kerry in Pairc Esler
on Sunday 4th March p Kerry won 0-14 to 0-8.
Arthur's performance was one of the most
positive aspect of the game and he acquitted
himself as well as any other player on
the field and better than some of the
more experienced players. He is pictured
above
(courtesy of Louis McNally) holding on to possession despite the
attention of Kerry's Aidan O'Mahony. Well done Arthur - hope to
see much more you in the Red and Black! |
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Aidan Carr in the first NFL Div 1 game v
Donegal in Newry on Saturday 4th February 2012
(Photo courtesy of Louis McNally) |
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Clonduff Players in Down's
McKenna Cup Campaign 2012 |
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Aidan Carr (left) has been
pivotal in Down's McKenna
Cup games 2012 v Armagh and
Monaghan. Arthur McConville
(right) made his debut for
Down v Armagh, got 20
minutes v Monaghan replacing
Benny Coulter and scored two
magnificent points; he
played almost the full game
v St Mary's University
College. We wish them well
for the remainder of the
season and send a get well
soon message to our other
Down panellist Darren
O'Hagan who is currently on
the injured list. (Above
photos courtesy of Louis
McNally) |
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In 2011 Paul McPolin played
for both U21 and Senior Down County Teams |
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Above - Paul in action v Antrim
in McKenna Cup and Below 1st round NFL v Mayo |
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Above and below Paul in action for Down U21s v
Tyrone |
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St Pat's
PS Welcomes Back County Stars |
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It
was Red and Black Day in St Patrick's
Primary School, Ballymaghery when the
teachers and pupils turned out in their
colours to welcome back former pupils
Jason Brown and Darren O'Hagan,
accompanied by Team Captain Ambrose Rogers
(Jason's cousin - Ambrose's mother,
Bronagh is a daughter of the late Pat
Brown, Shop). Ambrose, Jason and Darren
tower over acting principal, Kathleen
Cousins with the pupils in the background.
The third pupil from the school, Aidan
Carr was unable to attend. (Photo Jerry
Quinn) |
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Down's
1960 Heroes Honoured in Clones Fifty Years on! |
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On
Sunday 18th July 2010, the Ulster Council paid
tribute to Down's Mighty Men (or their
representatives) of 1950. They were introduced
to the spectators between the Minor and Senior
Football Finals in Closes and then honoured and
entertained at a banquet afterwards.
Pictured left are: P J McElroy, Joe Lennon,
Kevin Mussen, Paddy (Mo) Doherty, Leo Murphy
and John Haughian with Down musicians who
entertained the crowd before and during the
banquet - Peter Magee and Ciarán Morgan
(Mayobridge), Therese Lively, Eugene and Joseph
Sands (all Glenn).
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left - Kevin and Paddy Mo emerge from the tunnel
Bottom
right - introduction to the crowd - Kevin is on
the extreme right next to Paddy Mo!
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by Paula Magee, Down Cultural Committee) |
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Clonduff Hurlers were well represented on the South Down Hurling
team that took on Leitrim in Ballymartin on Sunday 7th
February 2009 in Div 4 of the NHL. The picture on the left shows Paul
McCusker clearing his lines and Paudie Matthews (who was
introduced as a sub) forging upfield (Photos courtesy of Louis
McNally). John Murphy played his usual position in the middle of
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 Heartiest congratulations to Down
Senior Football team who got their
2009 National League campaign off to a great start in
Thurles (Tipperary) on Sunday 1st February.
Down played against a very strong breeze in the first
half and went in level on 0-7 each with Tipperary. They
took full advantage of the wind in the second half
reeling off eight unanswered points and adding eleven in
total - Tipperary only managed three scores - one of
them a goal - to give the scoreline a more respectable
look. The final score was Tipperary 1-9 Down 0-18. In
the absence of Captain Dan Gordon,
Clonduff's Aidan Carr was the Down Captain for the game and he is
pictured on the right with referee Pat McGovern (Galway)
and his counterpart from Tipperary |
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Down County Senior Football manager Ross Carr in
serious mood talking to Paul Murphy during the Dr McKenna Cup game v Tyrone
(January 2009) - Down won the game. They also beat St Mary's College and despite
the narrow defeat to Monaghan this was enough to top the group. Unfortunately
they fell to QUB in the Semi Final, thus relinquishing the title they won in
2008.
(Photo Louis McNally) |
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Congratulations
to Ross and the boys who got the defence of
the McKenna Cup off to a good start in Pairc
Esler on Sunday afternoon (4th January). Down showed the
effects of the collective training ban in
the first half and were outplayed, particularly
in the middle of the field by St Mary's and were
lucky to be only trailing by a single point (0-7
to 0-8) at half time. They got their act
together in the second half and when Cathal
Magee goaled from a penalty early on it was all
one-way traffic. Cathal scored another goal from
play and John Fegan (Clonduff) did likewise
(John also scored 3 points from frees). The
final score was Down 3-16 St Mary's 0-10.
Ross took the opportunity to 'blood' a number of
new boys mixed with a sprinkling of seasoned
players. This was also the first game under the
new experimental rules - if a player is
yellow-carded he must leave the field of play
but can be replaced by another player (two black
cards count as one yellow, players red-carded
cannot be replaced)). Two of the Down players
were yellow-carded via the two black rule.
Team: Michael McAllister, Damian Rafferty, Kevin
McKernan, Hugh Davey, Conor Garvey, Louis Sloan,
John Boyle, Joseph Ireland, Jackie Lynch, John
Fegan (above left), Ronan Sexton, Stephen Kearney, Michael
Magee, Cathal Magee, Daniel Hughes. Subs used:
Aidan Carr (above right in front of new boy
Conor Garvey) for John Boyle (Yellow Card), Brendan
Coulter for Michael Magee, Paul Murphy for
Joseph Ireland, Martin Cole for Daniel Hughes,
Michael Magee for Stephen Kearney (Yellow)
Full Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup Results:
(Saturday 3 January) Cavan 0-12 v Queens 3-13;
(Sunday 4 January) Fermanagh 0-10 v Derry 1-7,
Donegal 3-14 v UUJ 0-13, Down 3-16 v St Mary’s
0-10, Armagh 0-12 v Antrim 0-10
(Above photos courtesy of Louis McNally) |
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At
the launch of the new season Down jersey
in the Canal Court Hotel on Friday, 12th
December 2008! The Down Mascots, Rua flank
senior players Ambrose Rogers, Aidan Carr,
Dan Gordon and Danny Hughes. (Photo
courtesy of Down PRO). The new jersey
looks almost like a throwback to the All Ireland jersey of 1994! Wouldn't
it be great if there was the same outcome! |
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Clonduff representatives on the County team have played a
leading role in ensuring that Down are still in the Championship
at the end of July 2008. Above, John Fegan is determined to
retain possession in Down's scintillating demolition of Offaly
in the first round Qualifier in Tullamore on Saturday 19th July.
On the right, Aidan Carr shows the sort of determination that
earned Down a deserved win over Tyrone, following a replay in
the first round proper of the Championship.
(Photos courtesy Louis McNally) |
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Michaela Downey, the Down Ladies
Captain (and Clonduff stalwart) makes another burst forward in
the Ulster Semi Final v Tyrone, played in Pairc Esler on
Saturday evening as the curtain raiser to the Down v Tyrone
Ulster Championship replay. Michaela was double marked for most
of the game and was the most fouled player on the field.
Clonduff was also represented by Michaela's sister Aoibheann at
centre half back; Elaine McCourt in goals; Karen Gribben at left
half forward and Janine Branagan among the subs. |
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Pairc
Esler on Saturday 14th June 2008 was the setting for Down's
defeat of Tyrone in the Championship Quarter Final Replay.
Below (courtesy of local newspapers) are some photos of Clonduff
men - Ross Carr the manager and his son Aidan who was in
the running for 'Man of the Match' (one newspaper gave him the
award having scored 4 points - a fifty, two frees and one from
play) with a sterling performance
in the half back line. |
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Aidan Carr (above) clears his lines - but he
didn't need much prompting from his father Ross (left) on the
Sidelines. Below left Aidan and Dan McCartan putting the tabs on
Sean Cavanagh. Below - Collie Holmes wants Aidan's jersey! |
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Below - Paul McPolin Down Minors v Tyrone 2008
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John
Fegan is poised (left) for yet another free kick conversion in the McKenna
Cup crunch game against UUJ in Pairc Esler on Saturday 19th
January 2008 and right in action in the Semi Final v Cavan.
John made the breakthrough to the Senior team
during the McKenna Cup run and proved the worth of his right
foot, speed, awareness and overall work-rate. He was very
accurate with the frees from left side of the pitch.
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Louis McNally) |
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The Down Minor Hurling team that won the
Ulster B League in 2007. Clonduff's Danny Nugent played at
left corner back on the team and is pictured on the
extreme left in back row. This team went on to win the All
Ireland 'C' Final, by which time Arthur McConville had
joined the team and together with Danny played in that
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John Murphy and Paul McCusker, pictured with the Leinster Junior
Hurling Cup which Down won after a reply with Longford. The
replay was in Pairc Esler on Sunday 10th June 2007 and was the
first of three games staged in Pairc Esler that day, all of
which featured Clonduff players. John and Paul were the
representatives in the Hurling game which Down won 5-11 to 3-11;
Fionnuala and Sara Louise Carr, Moya and Orla Maginn and Karen
Gribben were the Clonduff representatives on the Camogie team
that lost the Ulster Junior final to Derry 1-6 to 0-10; Aidan
Carr played at centre half forward on the Senior Football team
which lost to Monaghan 1-15 to 2-15, managed by his father Ross
(Aidan scored 4 points). Three young Clonduff Camogs Emma
McAlinden (St Paul's), Shannon O'Hagan and Roisin Mulholland (St
Pat's) played on the Primary Schools team v Derry at half time
in the Camogie game. This mini game was refereed by Clonduff's
County Minor player, Nicola O'Hagan
John Murphy played at
midfield and Paul McCusker played at corner back on the Hurling
team. Brian Canavan is involved in the management of the Junior
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quite Croke Park but the next best thing! Four Clonduff girls
helped Ulster win the first Gael Linn (Interprovincial)
competition in 40 years (2007).
Pictured in Blanchardstown,
Dublin with the Gael Linn Cup are Maura Quinn, Eileen Hamill,
Ursula Quinn, Moya Maginn, Karen Gribben, Fionnuala Carr, Sara
Louise Carr, Kitty Fegan and Teresa Carr. |
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The Camogs have been there too! |
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ladies played for Down in the All Ireland Junior Final on Sunday 19 September 2004 in Croke Park. They are
(left to right) Mary McPolin, Karen Gribben, Fionnuala Carr, Orla and Moya Maginn. |
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Shane Ward
fends off an Offaly defender during the 2004 Division 2
League Final in Croke Park. Unfortunately, Shane's
cracking goal was not enough to secure victory for Down
- they were defeated 1-10 to 1-08
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| Down Junior Hurlers 2000! Paddy
Branagan (seated centre) captained the Down Junior Hurling team in Casement
Park. Other Clonduff players in the team were Paul McCusker (4th from left
back row), Sean Curran (4th from right back row), Alistair McGilligan (2nd
from right back row) and Paudie Matthews (front left) |
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All Ireland Minor
Champions 1999!
Clonduff's John Fegan played at Full
Forward and is pictured at man-mountain goalie, John
Sloan's right elbow! |
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| Clonduff
representatives in Croke Park on All Ireland Final Day
1999. Martin Farnon (selector) with John Fegan (Full
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In pensive mood - Martin Farnon
pictured in Croke Park with fellow selectors Barry Breen
and Eamon O'Hare. Their worries were ill-founded, of
course! |
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Down Minor Hurlers - Ulster Champions 1994.
The team was beaten in the All Ireland Semi Final in Croke
Park. Clonduff players were: Francis Quinn (extreme left front
row) and Padraig Matthews (3rd from right middle row) |
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Down Minor Hurling team
1992! Clonduff players: Paddy Branagan (6th from right
back row), Rory Matthews (centre front row) and Shane Quinn
(extreme left front row) with the Down team that played in the
Ulster Final.
Rory Matthews was also on the Minor Football team that played
in the Ulster Final in 1992! |
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Clonduff's Stalwarts of
Down's Senior All Ireland successes in 1991 and 1994 |
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| Ross Carr in the No 10
shirt makes his way goal-wards |
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Cathal Murray, Ross
Carr and Fintan Mussen (Down PRO and Clonduff man)
display the Sam Maguire in Hilltown! |
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Cathal Murray in determined
mood for Down |
Ross and Cathal with Sam in
1991 |
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Ross Carr captained Down to McKenna Cup success in 1989 - he
managed Down to McKenna Cup success in 2008. Ross is pictured
above receiving the trophy from Fr Dan Gallogly, President of
the Ulster Council |
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| Down All Ireland Minor
Champions 1987! Back row (l to r) Martin Fitzsimons (Selector)
Barney Treanor (Selector), Paddy Tinnelly, Ronan Fitzpatrick,
Larry Duggan, Tom Fegan, Dermot Hawkins, John Markey, Connor
Deegan, Collie Burns, Michael Magill, Dominic Brannigan
(Clonduff), Paddy Hannaway (Clonduff), Dan McCartan
(Selector), Peter McGrath (Manager). Middle row (l to r)
Collie McCoy, James McCartan, Cathal Murray (Clonduff),
Raphael Haughian, Mark Quinn (Capt), Noel Haughian, Collie
Mason, Neil Caulfield, John Kielty, Geoffrey Breen. Front row
(l to r) Patrick Kielty, Mark Matthews (Clonduff), Martin
Carey, Paul Close, Rowan Lyons, Martin McGivern |
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| The Down Senior Football
team that won the National Football League in 1983 -
Clonduff's Johnny McAleavey was the goalkeeper! Back row
(l to r) Paddy O'Rourke, John McCartan, Brendan Toner, Johnny
McAleavey, Liam Austin, Ambrose Rogers, Greg Blaney, Donal
Bell, Tommy McGovern. Front row (l to r) Brendan McGovern,
Mickey Linden, Mark Turley (Capt), Ned King, Paddy Kennedy
Brendan Mason |
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The Mighty Men of 1960! The first
team to bring the Sam Maguire across the border was
captained by Clonduff man, Kevin Mussen.
Front, left to right: Eamon McKay, Patsy O'Hagan Paddy Doherty, Kevin Mussen (Captain), George Lavery, Tony Hadden, Brian Morgan. Back, left to
right: James McCartan, Joe Lennon, Jarlath Carey, Leo Murphy, Dan McCartan, Sean O'Neill,
Kevin O'Neill, Pat Rice |
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| Clonduff Man, Kevin Mussen holds aloft the
Sam Maguire following Down's historic All Ireland win in
1960. Kevin has the distinction of being the first Captain
to bring Sam across the border to the Six Counties! |
Dalsey Mooney (right) led out the Down Minors in 1966
for the All Ireland Final against Mayo. He is pictured here
with the Mayo Captain and the match official. Unfortunately,
Down were beaten on the day |
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Interested spectators at Croke Park on All
Ireland Final Day 1960. Left to right: Lily Keenan,
Rosaleen Fitzpatrick, Peter Fitzpatrick, Seamus Fitzpatrick,
John Brown, Jim McParlan |
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Down's first All Ireland
Winners - Junior Champions 1946!
Back Row (l to r): Thomas Brown (Clonduff),
Gerry Carr (Capt), N McCarthy, E McGivern, J Haughian, D
McKibben, Andy Murnin (Clonduff), Eddie Grant (Clonduff).
Front Row (l to r): G Dogherty, D Kennedy, H Downey, J
Heaney, Henry Brown (Clonduff), Paddy O'Hagan (Clonduff) D
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| First Down Team to play in Croke Park -
1934 was at Junior level and was led
out by Clonduff man, Geordie Mussen. Clonduff Players:
Dan Mussen (brother of Geordie) is in front row with the
ball. Jimmy Doyle is to the right of Dan and Captain Geordie is directly
behind Dan! |
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