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joeSoap
26/07/2006, 2:24 PM
I'm trying to put together a list of players who have played in the League of Ireland and have done well in other sports. So far I've got:

Dave Barry-Cork City and Cork GAA.
Tony Ward-Limerick and Rugby International

Add to the list if you can think of any more....
DmanDmythDledge
26/07/2006, 2:29 PM
Kevin Moran(I think) played for UCD and Dublin GAA
Brendan Devanney- Finn Harps and Donegal GAA
joeSoap
26/07/2006, 2:31 PM
Jason Sherlock-UCD / Dublin GAA
placid casual
26/07/2006, 2:32 PM
stephen grant played for rovers for a few seasons.
now makin moves in the golf world apparently.
gspain
26/07/2006, 2:32 PM
Tony Ward also played football for Shamrock Rovers before moving to Limerick and taking up rugby.

Tom Clifford - Limerick - rugby for Ireland and the Lions.

Dinny Allen won the Cup with Cork Hibs in 1973 and won a GAA All Ireland with the Cork gaelic team. Probably the first to play both sports officially after the Ban was lifted. Some GAA players were accomodated with false names before that.

Francis Brosnihan played a couple of games for us and had a long rugby career with Young Munster and Munster (I don't think he was capped) but a decent rugby player. Didn't do much as a footballer though. He was on the bench in the Bernabeu.
Sheridan
26/07/2006, 2:34 PM
Think this list should be restricted to sports at which one can truly "excel" (i.e., no GAA stuff) if it's to be have any value.

Kevin O'Flanagan (Bohs, Arsenal, London Irish, Ireland rugby/football international, sprint champion, long-jump champion) is obviously the unassailable benchmark.
drummerboy
26/07/2006, 2:34 PM
Barry McGann and Paul McNaughton both played for Shels and both represented Ireland at rugby during the 1970s and 80s
noby
26/07/2006, 2:58 PM
Alan Reynolds won a Junior Football All-Ireland.
wws
26/07/2006, 3:02 PM
Oliver St John Gogarty

(17 sports) all at the athens olimpiad whilst playing for bohs

shay kelly - offally and pats
Red4Eva
26/07/2006, 3:16 PM
david pugh-sh*tloads of sports
Ash
26/07/2006, 3:20 PM
Gary Connaughton - Athlone Town + Westmeath GAA
Paddy Mulvihill - Longford/Athlone Town + Westmeath GAA
Shane Curran - Athlone Town + Roscommon GAA
LFC in Exile
26/07/2006, 3:25 PM
Kevin O'Flanagan (Bohs, Arsenal, London Irish, Ireland rugby/football international, sprint champion, long-jump champion) is obviously the unassailable benchmark.

His brother Michael O'Flanagan is also an international footballer and rugby player - making them the only brothers (there will ever be) to be capped in both sports for Ireland.
LFC in Exile
26/07/2006, 3:26 PM
Gary Connaughton - Athlone Town + Westmeath GAA
Paddy Mulvihill - Longford/Athlone Town + Westmeath GAA
Shane Curran - Athlone Town + Roscommon GAA

Really excelling at both sports. :)
Ash
26/07/2006, 3:35 PM
Really excelling at both sports. :)

Well in the case of Gary Connaughton he's played for Athlone Town
(and scored from a clearance!), was in Ireland U20's squad and also
has a Leinster Championship medal with Westmeath.
joeSoap
26/07/2006, 3:43 PM
Eoin Keating-Limerick FC/UCD- Limerick Senior GAA Football.
Dodge
26/07/2006, 3:48 PM
Brian Donavon played football for Pats and gaelicked for Kildare a while ago. LEon Braithewaite was a decent junior sprinter before concentrating on football (his brother was in the olympics)
De Town
26/07/2006, 4:27 PM
Paddy Mulvihill - Longford/Athlone Town + Westmeath GAA
Oh he excelled alright:D
sligoman
26/07/2006, 5:06 PM
Rovers defender Michael McNamara played the gah for Sligo too. Not sure if he was any good though(as I don't follow it) so maybe some Sligo GAA fan can tell ya...
OneRedArmy
26/07/2006, 5:45 PM
George O'Callaghan - world champion diver
sligoman
26/07/2006, 5:47 PM
George O'Callaghan - world champion diverHaha, nice one:D.
Red&White Rover
26/07/2006, 5:59 PM
john o hara played for mayo i think,
MariborKev
26/07/2006, 10:12 PM
Anthony Tohill - Derry City , Doire, and AFL
Donal O'Brien - Finn Harps, Derry and also AFL to a decent standard
onceahoop
26/07/2006, 10:16 PM
Niall Quinn played in an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final for Dublin
headtheball
26/07/2006, 10:54 PM
Niall Quinn played in an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final for Dublin

If we are moving outta the league and to Irish internationals.What about Tony Cascarino. He is on Sky regularly playing poker. Does poker count as a sport.:)
JC_GUFC
26/07/2006, 11:01 PM
Ryan Lucas (ex Galway United) was an international in both Football and Basketball for Barbados. He definitely didn't excell at the former!

Apparently he's trying his hand at gymnastics too after getting inspired by an attempted overhead against Monaghan a few years back! :D
Stevo Da Gull
26/07/2006, 11:05 PM
Tommy Gill- Bray Wanderers and Gaelic Football

EDIT

John Walsh- Bray Wanderers, Finn Harps and Gaelic Football with Wicklow, Bray Emmets
The Stars
26/07/2006, 11:14 PM
Sean Flannery of Sligo rovers also played GAA for a while aswell as Michael McNamara and I think Conor O'Grady did the same before going to Cork.
Dr.Nightdub
26/07/2006, 11:27 PM
Alan Reynolds - Waterford, Rovers, Cork, Shels, Waterford and kickboxing.
harpskid
26/07/2006, 11:48 PM
Brendan Devenney - Harps and Donegal GAA
Barry Mc Gowan - Harps and Donegal GAA (won an All Ireland in '92)
De Town
27/07/2006, 12:08 AM
Alan Reynolds - Waterford, Rovers, Cork, Shels, Waterford and kickboxing.
He was with us aswell...unfortunately...did his best to get us relegated :mad:
Ash
27/07/2006, 8:03 AM
George O'Callaghan - world champion diver

I hear he's also representing Ireland in the Mens 100 Metre Whinge
Magicme
27/07/2006, 8:16 AM
Jason Sherlock-UCD / Dublin GAA

Jayo was also a top class basketballer who won All Ireland Schools championships with St Vincents. I rem goin to watch my bf playing against Vincents & beating them in Glasnevin & Jayo was playing. He must have been bout 17 at the time.
Terry
27/07/2006, 8:25 AM
Michael Donnellan, Galway United and Galway Football all Ireland winner
joeSoap
27/07/2006, 8:58 AM
Niall Quinn played in an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final for Dublin
Whats that got to do with EL players excelling at other sports?
joeSoap
27/07/2006, 8:59 AM
I stand open to correction from Dundalk fans, but I think a guy called Peter Whitnell who won an All-Ireland with Down tried his hand at League of Ireland with Dundalk for a while.
Dodge
27/07/2006, 9:25 AM
More than tried, he was excellent for them. Definitely played against Pats in 1996
Magicme
27/07/2006, 9:27 AM
Oisin McConville of Armagh's All Ireland winning side signed for the Mons a few years back but dont think he got to play in a first team competitive game. May have played under 21's.
bluemovie
27/07/2006, 3:53 PM
All-Star hurler Paul Flynn had an unsuccessful period as Blues goalkeeper having previously been with Aston Villa (sharing digs with Dwight Yorke).

The current Wexford Gaelic Football team has three ex-Blues on it: PJ Banville, Eric Bradley and John Hudson.
monutdfc
27/07/2006, 4:56 PM
Oisin McConville apparently played for the U-21's and was not very good.
Declan Smyth captained Monaghan at gaa and played upfront for United for several seasons.

Peter Whithnall was with Reading in England before a broken leg halted his full-time professional football career.
Armagh great Ger Houlahan played for Sligo Rovers among others (including United I'm pretty sure)
Poor Student
27/07/2006, 6:59 PM
There was a fella called Hugh O'Neill who played for UCD in the LOI B Division the year before UCD were admitted to senior football. Think he played international rugby for Ireland is some Triple Crown winning team in the 80's. Back when UCD were admitted to senior football only students were allowed to play for the club and O'Neill moved on to postgrad at Trinity. He scored around 40 in the LOI B Division, I think.
Buller
28/07/2006, 12:13 AM
Frank Flattery was a star player Galway Bohemians during the 1940's and played for connaught and some rugby team... he played gaelic aswell but had to give it up because of the ban. he also happens to be my great uncle!
Raheen
28/07/2006, 10:45 AM
Noel Cantwell, recently deceased Ireland legend, also played cricket for Ireland.

Johnny Murphy played for a while with Arsenal and Ireland youths with David O'Leary packed it in and came home to play rugby with Greystones and Leinster. Also had try outs with the Dallas Cowboys as a kicker :confused: .
ghBohs
28/07/2006, 11:04 AM
Oliver St John Gogarty

(17 sports) all at the athens olimpiad whilst playing for bohs



wws - have you got a source for this? I've done a considerable amount of research into Gogarty and this is news to me. He won a silver for poetry for 'Ode to the Tailteann Games' in Paris in 1924 but I'm not aware of him competing in any other Olympic disciplines. His Bohs career ended in 1899 so his foray into the Olympic arena was a quarter of a century away.