Ardrahan manager Syl Dolan tells The42 the story of Johnny Glynn’s return to the Galway hurlers.
WHEN SYL DOLAN was appointed as the new manager for the Ardrahan senior hurlers, he had one task on his mind: recruit Johnny Glynn.The 2017 All-Ireland winner was living in New York for almost a decade at this point and had commuted over and back in the year of Galway’s Liam MacCarthy success. But when Dolan first made contact, Glynn declined. He was busy with his job as a quantity surveyor, and the travel involved was too much to take on.“I kept the pressure on . . .” Dolan says.
Advertisement Glynn had a head start on that request. In truth, he never really lost his engine since relocating to New York. He was still pucking ball at club level, and also joined the county’s football team where he nailed down a position at midfield. He played his part in last year’s famous Connacht quarter-final win over Leitrim during that term.
His instincts were correct. Glynn finished that game with a point from play along and hit 1-1 when Ardrahan faced Sarsfields later in the championship. They reached the preliminary quarter-finals but were felled by Clarinbridge. Glynn was suspended for that game following a controversial incident against Sarsfields in which he was seen pinning down Darren Morrissey by the neck. Dolan stresses however, that Glynn is “not a dirty player by any means”.
“Galway did a training camp in Portugal a few weeks ago and Johnny was there. I asked one of the other lads from Ardrahan who was there and they said he was awesome. They’ve all welcomed him and embraced his return.” Glynn catching the ball above Limerick's Richie McCarthy in the 2018 All-Ireland final. Bryan Keane / INPHO Bryan Keane / INPHO / INPHO
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