by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
In the final part of his interview, Fr Vincent Lawless tells Michael Fahy how he stayed in touch whilst in Nigeria with life in Kilconieron particularly the hurling by reading the Connacht Tribune. He feels that he is responsible for the famous quote that the...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
Denis Keary is a farmer, local GAA club member, and member of the Kilconieron Parish GAA Development Fund Committee. Denis’s brother Pat hurled for Clostoken during the 1950’s and later helped establish the Galway Association and promote hurling in...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
Jimmy Spellman is a former hurler, long serving committee member of Kilconieron GAA Club and Galway County Board official. Jimmy talks to Michael Fahy about life on the family farm in Clostoken, the tough regime at the local school and on how emigration...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
In the second part of his interview with Michael Fahy, Jimmy Spellman talks of his experiences serving on GAA committees and provides a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes lobbying and negotiations that a parish club faces in securing land for...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
Jimmy Keogh, Honorary President of Kilconieron Club, has a strong family hurling background with his uncle Mick Keogh winning an All-Ireland Medal for Galway in 1923. Mick is in fact the only man in the parish to win a Senior All-Ireland Medal....
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
Mickey Connaughton, former Clostoken and Galway hurler, was a member of the 1962 Galway Intermediate team that won the Munster Intermediate Championship. In this episode Mickey discusses the circumstances of the eye injury that forced him to prematurely end his...
