Former Galway and An Cheathrú Rua player Seán Ó Domhnaill reflects on his club’s success in Croke Park.
Emma Duffy AMIDST THE DAMAGE and destruction of Storm Éowyn, an All-Ireland title arrived back to the Galway Gaeltacht village of Carraroe last weekend.
“The majority of the village went up on the Friday night,” Ó Domhnaill tells The 42. “We took over the Croke Park Hotel. It was like a mini pop-up Gaeltacht! It was a monumental win for the Galway side, who were a senior club as recently as 2022 but suffered back-to-back relegations to the junior ranks.
“Me, having two sons on the team too, I suppose, made it even that much more special. It will always be in the history books of this club. I don’t think we’re ever going to feel that emotion ever again, in my lifetime anyway.”“And all in between this,” he adds, “we had the worst storm that ever hit this country. The amount of damage that was done to the local community, not just here but all around the country.
“I apologise to any listeners, anyone who just tuned in and thought, ‘This guy has lost the plot!’ I had to, you couldn’t hold back. The Croke Park Hotel contingent — a couple of hundred, he estimates — lining the street to welcome the team bus as it arrived to GAA HQ.Seán Ó Dhomhnaill in action for Galway in 2001. INPHO INPHO
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