Cork's Conor McCarthy NAME: Conor McCarthy DATE OF BIRTH: 26-3-81 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st BOOT SIZE: 10 1/2 CLUB: O'Donovan Rossa (Skibbereen) COUNTY: Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 County Cup with St. Fachtna's De Le Salle; 1 Munster Minor Championship with Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): 2 South Munster U18 Cup medals (rugby); 1 Sailing League Championship TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Diarmuid Duggan or Graham Canty FAVOURITE FOOD: Spaghetti Bolognaise HOBBIES: Tennis, golf, sailing VICES: Complaining to refs, always late for training NOMINATE WORLD'S LAZIEST PERSON: My brother Charlie MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Falling over during the warm up at Pairc Ui Chaoimh before this year's Munster Under 21 semi final against Limerick FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Trevor Giles, Peter Canavan, Don Davis SPORTS LEGEND YOU MOST ADMIRE: Mick McCarthy (O'Donovan Rossa) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father for making me use my left leg; Anthony Davis; Martin Crowley; Denis O'Driscoll; Micky Burns and everyone involved with Skibbereen and Cork at underage level CHOSEN SPECIALIST SUBJECT ON MASTERMIND: How to lose inter county semi finals BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Mayo in last year's All-Ireland minor semi final FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT: Pole vault FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER: Homer Simpson IDEAL DRINKING COMPANY: Britney Spears GAA GRIPES: Lack of renumeration for player's physio bills, not enough emphasis on ball skills in modern game FAVOURITE ACTOR: Kevin Dwyer WHAT FILM WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN: Confessions of a Window Cleaner FAVOURITE BOOK: Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby FAVOURITE MUSIC: Wolfe Tones WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Build new dressingrooms in the O'Donovan Rossa GAA pavilion IF YOU HAPPENED TO CHANCE UPON A TIME MACHINE, WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL AND WHEN: Back to The Gaelic Grounds, Limerick in 1993 when O'Donovan Rossa won the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, so I could celebrate it at a legal age DREAM BATHTUB COMPANION: Jennifer Lopez HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As an honest player who gave his all for Cork and Skibbereen no matter what the occasion, and had a laugh along the way HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED: As a chancer Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 12th May 2000 Vol 10 No 19 Tweet

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