Wicklow's Barry O'Donovan NAME: Barry O'Donovan DATE OF BIRTH: 11-3-77 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 13st 7lbs CLUB: Blessington COUNTY: Wicklow NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Represented UCD at Sigerson Cup, Leinster panel TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Peter Brady FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park, Aughrim HOBBIES: Golf and most other sports FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre back THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Declan Fennessy (Blessington clubmate) MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Missing the scuffle in the tunnel!! FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Derek Savage, Fergus Daly, Hugh Kenny, Kevin O'Brien INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents, club mentors and Niall Rennick THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Beating Louth and Kildare in last year's Under 21 championship BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Missing last year's championship due to the flu OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Jonathan Behan, Trevor O'Donnell WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Look at the application of the rules and speed them up DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The players do not always get priority treatment PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Nostradamus, to see how Wickow do in the future FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'We never lost a game, we only ran out of time' PET HATES: Smelly cats!! Others include Man. Utd. braggers and hurlers on the ditch in football FAVOURITE MUSIC: REM, Blur, all sorts of music FAVOURITE FILM: Jerry Maguire WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Buy a house and take Rachel on the holiday PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Everyone is welcome in my house IDEAL DATE: Tall, black curly hair, bubbly personality, blue eyes and knows nothing about football Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 9th July 1999 Vol 9 No 28 Tweet

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