Armagh's Alan O'Neill NAME: Alan O'Neill DATE OF BIRTH: 17-2-77 HEIGHT: 6' 4" WEIGHT: 14st 7lbs CLUB: Culloville COUNTY: Armagh NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Ulster Minor Football Championship 1994, Ulster Under 21 Football Championship 1998, Ulster Senior Football Championship 1999, Armagh IFC 1998 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: The next one FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Club ground - Gaelic Park, Culloville HOBBIES: Cinema, reading FAVOURITE POSITION: Midfield THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Paddy McKeever hasn't warmed up and cooled down in the same training session yet! MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Once while thumbing a lift, I jumped into a van that pulled up, only to realise the man was parking! FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Paul McGrane, John McDermott INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Family, Des Morgan THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing for Armagh in this year's senior championship BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Getting injured against Derry and being unable to play in the Ulster Final OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Aidan O'Rourke (Armagh), Stephen McDonnell (Armagh), Kieran Hartzer (Culloville) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Greater protection for player fielding ball, more county games during summer, and a closed season DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Too many matches during the winter RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Brothers (Colm plays for Crossmaglen Rangers), four cousins play for local club PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Mary McAleese - preferably on All-Ireland Final day FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'It's a long road that has no turns' PET HATES: Traffic jams, so called supporters who constantly criticise FAVOURITE MUSIC: Not fussy FAVOURITE FILM: Trainspotting, The General WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Spend a year travelling around the world on a luxury cruise PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Taxman IDEAL DATE: Girlfriend Caroline of course - but if she couldn't go, I would take Anna Kournikova HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As someone who always gave his best Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 27th August 1999 Vol 9 No 35 Tweet

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