Mac Gearailt Aodan
May 14, 1999
Kerry's Aodan Mac Gearailt
NAME: Aodan Mac Gearailt
DATE OF BIRTH: 29-11-78
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 13st 2lbs
CLUB: Gaeltacht
COUNTY: Kerry
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 All-Ireland Under 21 medal; 2 Munster Under 21 medals; 1 All-Ireland Minor runners up medal; 1 Munster Minor medal; 1 All-Ireland Colleges B medal; 1 County Intermediate medal
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): 1 Senior Kerry Colleges cross-country medal
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Michael McCarthy (Kilcummin)
FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park, Fitzgerald Stadium
HOBBIES: Music, kayaking, socialising
FAVOURITE POSITION: Wing forward
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Maurice Fitzgerald; Dara O Cinneide, Michael Francis Russell
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents, Liam O Rochain, Liam Higgins, Jack O'Connor, Paidi O Se
THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the All-Ireland Under 21 Final against Laois
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the All-Ireland Minor Final against Laois
OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Daithi Mac Gearailt, Conall Crowley, PJ Mac Gearailt
WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME:
Intensive training courses for referees
DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Politics involved in selection of players
RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Joe Fitzgerald (Dublin All-Ireland winning captain in 1942); Rob McGearailt (brother)
PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Cameron Diaz
PET HATES: Waiting and photographs
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Pixies, Mercury Rev, Joy Division
FAVOURITE FILM: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Buy a tropical island
IDEAL DATE: Cameron Diaz in knee high leather boots and nothing else
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
14th May 1999
Vol 9 No 20
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