JUDE MCATAMNEY has signed for NFL side the New York Giants, it has been confirmed.
The former Derry GAA underage footballer originally moved to the US in 2021, having won an Ulster U20 title with his county in 2018.
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The Swatragh native joins the NFL side as an undrafted free agent, having spent the past two seasons playing for the Scarlet Knights football team at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
McAtamney, who was the free-kick taker for Derry during his GAA stint, still has plenty of work to do to earn a starting spot as the New York Giants kicker, with training camp beginning this summer.
This latest move continues a recent trend of Irishmen trying their luck in the NFL.
Last month, the New Orleans Saints signed Down goalkeeper Charlie Smyth on a three-year contract.
In September, Wicklow native Dan Whelan became the first Irish-born player to feature in the NFL since Dubliner Neil O’Donoghue in 1985, when he made his competitive debut for the Green Bay Packers in a 38-20 win against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
And if he hadn’t tried to amalgamate the middle eastern countries to take control if it’s oil reserves by trading it in denar instead of dollars, he may well still be alive. Great to see Libya thriving today though under western democracy
@domas1507: I must add though that the counter argument would be that if we hadn’t delivered “democracy” then we would have lost control of a vital resource and we would possibly be the countries in turmoil. So it all depends on how you like you bread buttered I suppose
@domas1507: yeah, but more importantly, who won the match?
@Conoroconnor: Watch it tonight… Exclusively on RTE
@Gary Donlan: indeed I will. I have it set to record.
@Conoroconnor: ended 1-1
@domas1507: spoiler alert ffs!
The gas thing here is that Hughey made his close friend Larry Goodman a rich man because of sending beef to Libya. The same fella today has a monopoly on Irish beef factories because he holds the only offal license in the country. He uses this to keep the price of beef paid to farmers low.
Also look up the beef tribunal and how Haughey bailed out Goodman after the US invaded Iraq and Goodman went bankrupt.
Farmer gets €1200 for his product, he keeps them for 30 months. The factory and the supermarket get €1500 in profits for a few days work.
Each animal is worth about €2700 when sold to the consumer.
@great gael of Eire:Didnt know Hughey was friends with Larry Goodman. I’ve never seen him drinking in mccoys
@Peter Govan: Very good. Haha
Poor Gaddafi. Iti was probably the BSE beef that did it.