KERRY’S JACK O’SHEA, the Offaly duo of Matt Connor and Pádraig Horan, and Kilkenny’s Frank Cummins were all inducted into the GAA’s Hall of Fame today.
At a ceremony at the GAA Museum in Croke Park today, the quartet were honoured as the period from 1980 to 1984 was covered.
The quartet are now in an exclusive group of 46 legends of Gaelic Games who make up the Hall of Fame at the museum.
The players enjoyed an incredible career as they claimed a combined total of 18 All-Ireland senior medals and 14 All-Star awards.
All-Ireland senior medals
- Jack O’Shea (7) – 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986.
- Matt Connor (1) – 1982.
- Pádraig Horan (2) – 1981, 1985.
- Frank Cummins (8) – 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983.
All-Star awards
- Jack O’Shea (6) – 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985.
- Matt Connor (3) – 1980, 1982, 1983.
- Pádraig Horan (1) – 1985.
- Frank Cummins (4) – 1971, 1972, 1982, 1983.
GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail, congratulated the players on being named on the prestigious list.
“I am delighted to welcome these four outstanding GAA ambassadors into our GAA Museum Hall of Fame.
“These four individuals illuminated their respective codes, setting consistently high standards that thrilled crowds and have left an enduring legacy on our games.
“I congratulate Pádraig, Frank, Matt and Jack and I hope this acknowledgement helps shine a light on their efforts over many years to generations who were not lucky enough to witness first hand the skills they brought to bear on the game.”
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Leinster seem to have improved on last season but I feel if Saracens go for it, they are the team to beat still. A lot to be learned this weekend
@Peter Brophy:
Leinster are such an impressive organisation at the moment. Serious conveyor belt of talent certainly helps but from the top down they are so well run.
Not long till we have to split them in 2
@Cortiss: so you’d like to pretend that they as a province and home to the majority of Ireland’s private schools not at an advantage over club sides in England? I’m not trying to pick an argument but let’s recognise the reality for what it is.
@Cortiss: I said that for a laugh the other day and the muppets went into attack mode and Alan Quinlan said it on OTB yesterday and made them crawl into the it little boxes.
@David: although it is still a daft idea, even if Quinners suggested it. In the same way you could never split the Dubs. Would you just tell the supporters that they have to follow a different team in a different stadium?
I prefer Ger Gilroys idea for the IRFU to buy London Irish with the CVC money!
@David: As a Leinster supporter I would support this idea of splitting Leinster in 2. Both new Leinster teams could share the RDS and Donnybrook on rotation. I think you would have to limit the two new teams to 1 Champions Cup place though or it might not be fair.
It would be great to see Leinster get a game from someone and it is becoming increasingly apparent that it will only happen if they can somehow play themselves.
@Rory Craig: revive the old province of Meath, …
Put a few IRFU bob into and already well developed club, Navan to bring it up to spec…..better than buying in London…..an hour from Dublin and not much more than 2 to Belfast , Galway and Limerick.
@Rory Craig: Why not just give them the Pro 14 and Champions cup trophies now. No point going through the games. Waste of time and money for the fans. Why not split Leinster into 4 different teams. Then ye can just start the competitions at the semi final stages. I’m thinking Dublin 4 will win it every year
@Paul Ennis: ah I know but I only said it after the great performance in Edinburgh and I’m sure Quinny was messing aswell. A certain group that patrol this site waiting to pounce on anything Leinster and argue about anything freaked out and it makes me laugh. They can’t stick to the items related to them and troll everything.
Sounds like Leinster training is more compeditive than the Pro14 to me.
Northampton played very well at the weekend, though Leicester were pretty crap, so it’ll be a tough game come the weekend.