Houlihan Timmy
August 18, 2000
Limerick's Timmy Houlihan
NAME: Timmy Houlihan
DATE OF BIRTH: 9-3-82
HEIGHT: 5' 11"
WEIGHT: 12st 4lbs
CLUB: Adare
COUNTY: Limerick
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): U14, U16, Minor, U21 county championship with Adare, numerous West Limerick Championship at all grades, several League medals, 2 U15 Munster medals with Limerick, 5 College medals with Limerick CBS, West Limerick Minor All Star 1998
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Several schoolboy soccer medals
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Eoin Kelly (Tipperary minor)
FAVOURITE FOOD: Chicken or pasta
HOBBIES: Reading, relaxing, socialising with friends
VICES: Biting my nails!
NOMINATE WORLD'S LAZIEST PERSON: Myself
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Falling when running onto the field in a club game in my first year as a senior player
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Damien Fitzhenry, Fergal Healy
SPORTS LEGEND YOU MOST ADMIRE: Paul McGrath, Muhammed Ali
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: All trainers and managers who have coached me at club and county level
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Patrickswell in the county championship quarter final in 1998 and 1999
FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT: Boxing
FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER: Cartman on Southpark
IDEAL DRINKING COMPANY: Adare Under 21 panel
GAA GRIPES: Players not getting recognition for their efforts and players who deliberately harm other players
RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Brother Tony plays with Adare. My cousins play with various Limerick clubs
FAVOURITE ACTOR: Adam Sandler
WHAT FILM WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN: Pulp Fiction
FAVOURITE BOOK: Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Travis, U2, Red Hot Chillie Peppers
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Buy my own house, car and give money to family and charities
IF YOU HAPPENED UPON A TIME MACHINE, WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL AND WHEN:To Omagh before the disaster to try and prevent it
IDEAL BATHTUB COMPANION: Jennifer Lopez
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: Always up for a laugh and good craic to be with
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED: Always up for a laugh and good craic to be with!
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
18th August 2000
Vol 10 No 33
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