1978 Gaelic Athletic Association All Star Awards Winners (Football) - Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John Egan, John O'Keeffe (Paperback)

Chapters: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John Egan, John O'keeffe, Robbie Kelleher, Tommy Drumm, David Hickey. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Patrick Gerard Spillane (born 1 December, 1955 in Templenoe, County Kerry), better known as Pat Spillane, is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Templenoe and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1991. Spillane is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time. Spillane was born into a family steeped in Gaelic football history. His father, Tom (1923-1964), played Gaelic football with Kerry and won a Munster title in 1948. A number of uncles on his mothers side(The Lyne Family of Killarney's Legion) also had the distinction of representing their county in football. Spillanes father died when he was just eight years-old, leaving his mother to take over the running of the family pub while simultaneously raising a family of four children. Spillane was educated at the local national school and later attended St. Brendan's College in Killarney, where one of his best friends was Pid S. Here his football skills were developed and he played senior football with 'Brendans' but lost both an All-Ireland Colleges semi-final and a final. Spillane subsequently attended Thomond College in Limerick where he studied to be a P.E. teacher. He was later joined by his brother Mick at Thomond and they both played on the college football team. In the late 1980s Spillane took over the running of the family pub in Templenoe. He currently works as a P.E. and geography teacher at St. Gobn's College in Bantry, County Cork, which he is now as of September 2008 Vice Principal. He also led the schools under-16 boys team to two munsters in a row in...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1177035