Offaly's Alan Kellaghan NAME: Alan Kellaghan DATE OF BIRTH: 26-10-1972 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 12st 5lbs CLUB: Rhode COUNTY: Offaly HONOURS: Leinster Vocational Championship with Edenderry School; Club Minor Championship INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Meath, 1995 Championship first round TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Jody Devine, Meath FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Navan OTHER SPORTING INTERESTS: Skiing and parachute jumping FAVOURITE POSITION: Wing back BOYHOOD HEROES: Johnny Mooney, Matt Connor FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Tommy Dowd, James McCartan, Maurice Fitzgerald BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Eugene Mulligan, Kevin Gavin, Eamonn Mulhall THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Championship debut OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Ronan Mooney, Offaly; Padraig Kelly, Offaly Under 21 goalie; Finbar Cullen, Offaly WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: 1) Better standard of referees 2) More coaching at school/underage level DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Entrance to county games and club games too expensive HOPES FOR 1996: Offaly to win Leinster Championship IS EMIGRATION STILL A PROBLEM FOR YOUR LOCAL AREA, RHODE: Yes, people are continuing to leave the area. Our area depended a lot on Bord na Mona for employment and nowadays with jobs becoming scarcer, young people from around are still going to England and America WHAT ARE YOUR MEMORIES OF THE GLORY DAYS OF OFFALY FOOTBALL? 1982 All-Ireland Final - Seamus Darby's goal WHAT CAUSED THE SUBSEQUENT SLUMP? A lot of the '82 team emigrated, also split of parish teams in county championship IS OFFALY FOOTBALL ON THE WAY BACK? Most definitely WERE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE AGAINST MEATH IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP? Yes Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 4th August 1995 Vol 5 No 31 Tweet

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