DONEGAL CAPTAIN MICHAEL Murphy and Cork star forward Patrick Horgan landed the PWC GAA/GPA player of the month awards for July earlier today.
Although both sides are now out of their respective All-Ireland championships and these accolades come as little consolation, the pair really impressed last month.
Murphy was a vital driving force through Donegal’s Super 8s campaign, leading the way in their win over Meath and again, in their dramatic draw with Kerry at Croke Park. The Glenswilly man’s last-minute free-kick brought that one level — and brought his handsome contribution on the day to 1-7. Against the Royals, he chipped in with 0-3.
The curtain came down on Declan Bonner’s Ulster champions’ season after defeat to Mayo in Castlebar on Saturday evening, however.
Horgan also well and truly caught the eye in the month of July, his massive 3-10 in Cork’s All-Ireland quarter-final a huge talking point afterwards. The Rebels bowed out to Kilkenny that day, though, despite the Glen Rovers sharpshooter’s huge tally, of which 2-2 came from play.
The award comes as Horgan’s second of such for 2019, after he also collected the PwC GAA/GPA accolade for May.
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you wouldn’t get the ground works done for €300,000 ffs
@Emmett McNamara: Check an aerial photo of the harbour, the dock is already there, just needs floating pontoons added. If the building is mobile then it’s likely in shipping containers so it can be transported. The other buildings are already there.
Knowing this country, by the time this is fully built the 2020 Olympics will be long gone…..
Wonderful news for Irish sailing and how welcome it is to see ONE Irish sport standing on their own two feet as funding is concerned. Bravo…
It’s brilliant to see and stuff like this should happen more for minority sports in Ireland. €300,000 is peanuts compared to what the GAA receive take for instance the €30 million the government gave to the GAA to build Pairc Ui Chaoimh. And the only the only time it’s had a capacity crowd was for Ed a few weeks ago.
Personally would love to have seen such a project brought to a sea heritage town outside of Dublin. Arklow has such a rich sea heritage and only 1 hour from Dublin. Missed opportunity.
That Rory Fitzpatrick is quite a dish.
Hope they didn’t pay much for the design. The concreters will be busy anyway.