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“We both kind of had contracts signed by the end of that and I was due to come back out for pre-season, but I didn’t go back at that stage. Whether it was homesickness or whatever it was. My mam was at home on her own and it was always just the two of us growing up. Just me and my mam. My dad was not on the scene. I just never knew him.
Ciáran Sheehan in action for Cork in the 2010 All-Ireland football final. Photograph: Donall Farmer/Inpho “You grew up thinking you want to play for Cork. That was the dream. I was motivated by winning more All-Irelands.” He stayed put. As much as it sounds great, it’s dog-eat-dog. The big difference I noticed was the isolation at times. It’s not the same as the GAA where a fellah might put his arm around you“One of the challenges was being uncomfortable. After all the work you do to get to a certain stage in your career and then you go way back down to the bottom. You have to prove yourself again. It was the next challenge.”
“As much as it sounds great, it’s dog-eat-dog. The big difference I noticed was the isolation at times. You’re trying to find your way, and there was a good Irish network out there, but you’re kind of left to your own devices in many ways. You kind of tend to go into your own bubble. The injuries, though, were merciless and debilitating. In all, he had eight surgeries on his knees and four on his hips; his hamstring tendon was torn off the bone and he suffered a stress fracture in his foot. When he was picked against Adelaide towards the end of the 2017 season, he had gone more than 1,000 days without a start in the first team.
“There’s a lot of hardship – alcohol abuse, gambling problems – particularly for guys that were coming out of the game. You know, that loss of identity.” “With Donal Óg, there are no blurred lines. It’s black and white. There’s commitment and there’s not commitment. Such a simple thing can have a huge impact on a group of players – looking at a fellah in the eye and calling him out.”
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