Athenry's Donal Moran NAME: Donal Moran DATE OF BIRTH: 31-3-75 HEIGHT: 5' 101/2" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: St. Marys, Athenry COUNTY: Galway NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland U21 A Hurling medal; reaching All-Ireland Club Final; 1 County Minor A Hurling medal; 1 County Under 21 A Hurling medal; 2 County Senior A Hurling medals NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): First place in Glenamaddy Feis for Irish dancing. Called for Riverdance but couldn't go due to hurling commitments INTER COUNTY DEBUT: Minor All-Ireland (sub) 1993 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: John Feeney, Athenry FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Thurles - Semple Stadium HOBBIES: Game shooting, women FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: PJ Molloy (Athenry); Jimmy Barry Murphy (Cork); Joe Cooney (Sarsfields); Mike Coleman (Monivea Abbey) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father George Moran; Pat Nally especially at training on 'Kathleen's Hill', Athenry; my aunt Maisie Moran THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: All-Ireland Under 21 1996; Galway County Final 1996 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Not getting a run in the All-Ireland Minor Final 1993 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Brian Higgins, Athenry; Kevin Broderick, Abbey Duniry; John Feeney, Athenry; Eugene Cloonan, Athenry WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Better coaching, especially in cities, needed to involve youth DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Too long long a season DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Cathal Moran (brother), Maisie Moran (aunt) PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Michelle Rocca, at a party, wow FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'A hot tulip, Frank' PET HATES: Coffee cake and watermelon wine, tv documentaries on palaeontology, Home and Away and other soaps FAVOURITE MUSIC: Spice Girls FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart, Last Exit to Brooklyn IDEAL DATE: Michelle Smith - we'd get on swimmingly HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? My Epitaph Here I lie beneath the sky Pray if you like, but please don't cry I spent my life without a frown In Athenry and Colemanstown I'd still be there, you sure can bet mate If I didn't go out without my helmet Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 14th March 1997 Vol 7 No 11 Tweet

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