Westmeath's Des Dolan NAME: Des Dolan DATE OF BIRTH: 11-7-79 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Garrycastle COUNTY: Westmeath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): NUIG Gaelic Football Scholarship; Footballer of the Year St Mels; All underage championships with Garrycastle NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Won golf opens in Mountemple and Athlone TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Killian Burns (Kerry) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: O'Connor Park (Tullamore), Cusack Park (Mullingar) HOBBIES: Golf, fishing and shooting FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry); Cathal Daly (Offaly) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My parents THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Being selected on the county senior team, NUIG Gaelic Football Scholarship BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing Leinster Final with St. Mel's College OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: My brother Gary and Frankie Dolan (Roscommon senior team), my cousin WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Reduce the experimentation of rule changes and make all inter county referees semi-professional DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Too many matches played during winter months when pitches are unplayable RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: My father Des Dolan snr. and uncle Ken Dolan PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Charlie Haughey - to manage my financial affairs PET HATES: People smoking. Training during the winter FAVOURITE MUSIC: Robbie Williams and Joe Dolan FAVOURITE FILM: Blazing Saddles and Cool Runnings WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Go on a long holiday. Build a dream house IDEAL DATE: A date with the three sisters from The Corrs HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As a good team man Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 7th May 1999 Vol 9 No 19 Tweet

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