Cavan's Finbarr O'Reilly NAME: Finbarr O'Reilly DATE OF BIRTH: 25-9-78 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Lacken COUNTY: Cavan NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Under 16 and Minor Leagues 1994 and 1996; Intermediate Championship 1997; All-Ireland Higher Education Championship 1996; represented Cavan at Under 16, Minor, Under 21 and Senior TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Paul McFlynn (Derry) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Breffni Park, Cavan and Clones HOBBIES: Working out, watching TV and reading FAVOURITE POSITION: Anywhere on the half forward line THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Martin Brady (Lacken). He lives closest to the pitch and always says he is working late, but really he is in bed! FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Jarlath Fallon, Maurice Fitzgerald, Mickey Linden INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father Fr. Tom McManus THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Intermediate Championship 1997 with Lacken, beating Donegal in 1998 Ulster Under 21 Championship BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: 1 point defeat by Derry in Ulster Under 21 semi-final. Minor club semi-final defeat 1996 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Terry Hyland Jnr. (Lacken), Paul McGauran (Lacken), Paul O'Donnell (Cavan Gaels) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: The game itself is terrific, but more consistency by referees applying the rules is required DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Inter county players should be compensated much better for their huge commitment all year e.g. holidays, plenty of playing gear, decent travel allowance DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Karl and Shane (brothers) play underage football for Lacken. Cousin Tomas plays for Crosserlough PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Monica Lewinsky PET HATES: Smoking. Women who love themselves FAVOURITE MUSIC: I am into any type of music that has true quality FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Share it among my family, and then get out of this country for at least a month PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Ian Paisley IDEAL DATE: Jennifer Aniston HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a winner on the football field and as a nice person off it Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 12th February 1999 Vol 9 No 7 Tweet

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