The New York GAA will honor the 1984 New York Football Team that travelled to Ireland 25 years ago, to take part in the Centennial Celebrations of the GAA. They played in a tournament staged for overseas units in Ballina. The Tournament included teams from Britain, Austral-Asia, and the USA. New York won the tournament and played and beat Mayo in the Gael-linn Final the following weekend. The following week they travelled to Tyrone to play the home team, where they lost by a point. They will be honored at half-time of the Connaught Championship game between New York and Mayo on May the 10th in Gaelic Park. The NY panel was Billy Morgan (Cork), Tom Colleran (Mayo), John Brady (New York) [Deceased], Vincent Dennely (Cavan), Paddy Gormley (Leitrim), Aiden Wiseman (Louth), Des Dillon (Longford), Pat Carroll (New York), Tom Ross (Cork), John O' Connor (Roscommon),  Fran Ryder (Dublin), Connie Molloy (Donegal), Lanty Molloy (Donegal), Charlie Mulgrew (Donegal), Sean Coyle (Tyrone), Sean Jones (Fermanagh), Paddy Crozier (Derry), Jake Quinn (Tyrone), Kieran Power (Waterford), Sean Brosnan (Kerry), Murt Dillon (Clare), Manager: Mike Cassidy (Donegal), Trainer: Dessie Ryan (Tyrone), Secretary: Frank Feighery (New York) [Deceased] Tweet

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