Meath priest’s ‘Players of Faithful’ introduced Offaly in order to famous Every-Ireland profit
Tonight’s documentary on the RTE television, ‘Players of the Faithful’, deciding on Offaly’s popular 1982 All of the Ireland SFC profit, wouldn’t has a more apt name, given that an excellent Meath priest is actually heavily involved in the GAA within the the fresh new Dedicated County at that time.
Players of one’s Devoted is the story of one’s Offaly people you to definitely notoriously concluded Kerry’s bid to become the first county to help you win four All of the Ireland activities titles consecutively in the 1982. With benefits on the key guys involved, it informs the storyline out-of a county that capitalised towards higher levels of a job for more youthful guys into the eighties Ireland in order to treat Irish athletics regarding the noticably Every Ireland Finally. (more…)