Four-time All-Star hurler grappled with adversity of injury, ordained a priest before leaving religious life and subsequently became a psychologist and therapist
Limerick hurler Dan Morrissey with former Galway hurler Iggy Clarke and Dublin footballer Nicole Owens on the 10th anniversary of Samaritans as the GAA mental health partner. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
He has frequently remarked on the contrast between pressures on contemporary players and young people and his playing days in the 1970s and ‘80s. His distinguished playing career does however resonate with his modern audience.Nicky English: Hurling being undermined by the crammed calendar of the last three years“Their experiences are very different, much more pressurised. I do a programme, called Ahead of the Game with Movember .
“Compared to our time, I think there is massive pressure on players now and it’s probably why some players escape to gambling and in clubs especially to drugs. It’s just an outlet really.“I think that’s part of the extreme pressure on them. In our day in the 1970s and ‘80s we didn’t have that type of pressure. We trained twice a week and played on a Sunday and carried on with the rest of our lives in the meantime.
“There was devastation at that, disappointment and the doctors were so clear and adamant that it became equally clear in my head that I wasn’t going to make this. It was difficult because a lot of other people were saying to me, ‘ah, you’ll be fine. You’ll be grand, recovered, and on the field’.
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