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- Back: Willie O'Connor (Co Sec), Brendan Hayden, Billy
'Buller' Canavan, Paks Connolly, Mick Donovan, Pat Brophy,
Eamon Kehoe. Ed 'Cran' Hogan, Aidan McGee.
- Front: 'Fair'
Willie Walsh, 'Black' Willie Walsh, Joe Byrne, Martin
Molloy, Paddy Dermody, Eamonn Long, Liam Delaney
STALWART men of Carlow' reads
the citation under this photograph from the extensive Donie
Nolan collection, the only other hint that the picture was taken
in Portlaoise.
Further investigation has
revealed that it is in fact the last Carlow team to contest the
Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final. Having beaten
Wicklow 1-10 to 1-9 in the first round in Athy (Eamonn Long
landing the winning point), the scallion-eaters, with Martin
Molloy their star performer, beat Wexford 2-6 to 1-6 in the Dr
Cullen Park quarter-final. On June 22,1958 the red, yellow
and green followers filed past
the Rock of Dunamaise in large numbers to watch their heroes
take on Dublin in the Leinster semi-final.
Luck was not on Carlow's side
with Johnny Joyce's hat-trick of goals proving Carlow's
downfall. The Dubs led 3-3 to 0-4 at half-time and had extended
that advantage to 3-6 to 0-5 when Carlow, inspired by substitute
Ned Doogue, exploded to life.
Doogue, controversially
dropped from the starting fifteen, crashed home two goals and
rejuvenated Carlow put Dublin under strong pressure only for
time to run out, the City men relieved to leave O'Moore Park 3-9
to 1-7 victors.
As well as Doogue, Jim Harkins
and Andy Murphy also came on as Carlow subs on a day 'Buller'
Canavan was brilliant at the heart of the defence.
The Metropolitans went on to
win the 1958 All-Ireland, the clinching goal in the final
against Derry scored by Paddy Farnan who later worked and lived
in Carlow town.
- Copies of photograph No. 174 from
- Leo McGough
- Phone: 086 4017729 or Email:
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- Source: The Nationalist 7 August 2009
Carlow Football1967 &1982
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