O'Neill and his brother Rian suffered a personal tragedy in the build-up to the All-Ireland final
OisÍn O'Neill paid tribute to his late uncle Pádraig after firing Armagh to All-Ireland glory at Croke Park.
READ MORE:GAA President Jarlath Burns praised for "powerful speech" as Armagh lift the Sam Maguire CupHe suffered a heart attack not long after leaving Croke Park following the Orchard County’s thrilling semi-final win over Kerry a fortnight ago. “We kind of knew we had a job to do for the group but Padraig played for Armagh and there was a job we had to do this week and I think he was looking over us today.“But some of the tragedies, some of the things that people have gone through, that’s what ‘Geezer’ told us glues us together and you saw that out there today.
Asked about it, he said: “Caolan is a young fellow from Crossmaglen who we would have played with. Geezer said he would have been with us this year.
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