Crossmaglen Rangers Club Notes 25/05/20
Pictured Below; The Kernan family pictured at the Athletic Grounds celebrating county final win.
RM; Joe, can you tell me about your early years?
My Mother was Joan Ward from Ballinasloe. My Dad and his family would go to Ballinasloe horse fare to buy horses, they stayed in a guest house and this is how he met my Mum. They got married and made Newry St. their home.
Pictured Below; Jamsie Kernan & Armagh junior team, 1926, All Ireland junior football champions.
Willie Bryan, midfielder for Offaly
RM; Can you outline all you have won as a player?
RM; Can you tell us what you have won as a manager?
Pictured Below; Taoiseach, Charlie Haughey presents Joe with his All Star Award.
Pictured Below; Belfast Telegraph, 1999 Manager Of The Year Award.
Joe with President John Horan after being inducted into tge GAA Hall Of Fame
RM; Joe, A total of 32 Cups, what an achievement and I believe no one else in the country has a roll of honour like this?
RM; 6. If you were to play the game today, can you name three players you would like on your team?
RM; In your opinion has the game improved over the years?
RM; Joe, you have managed club, county province and country, can you name who you think was the greatest footballer you ever saw playing ?
Forward; It has to be Oisin McConville. I was lucky enough to manage him, lucky to see him close up and the fact that you knew that Oisin would turn up and preform, not every player can do that. He never missed a challenge match, he always wanted to play, he hadn’t too many injuries and most importantly on the big day, Oisin got the scores you needed to win matches, he never hid, he was unmark-able , his work ethic on the field was immense. To me while I named three other players, Oisin was the greatest player I have saw playing.
RM; Joe, any advice for players today?
Thanks
During the week, we were very honoured when the Legend, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh read a story for ‘Rangers Story Time’. The book Mícheál read is an Irish book, ’The Dingle Sheep who could not sleep’ written by Mark Stratton and illustrated by Martine Moriarty.
The link to buy the book is on the Cross Rangers FB page.
Thanks very much Mícheál, we all enjoyed it immensely and thanks also to Mícheál’s Son, Aonghus for all his help.
Who or What A You Missing
Thanks to Mary Deery, Valu land for her generous sponsorship for our recent online competition
‘Who or what are you missing’.
Mary and Susan had a tough task picking the top five entries who will each receive a £5 voucher for Valu land. Thanks to everyone who took part, they were all brilliant and thanks also to Mrs Cassidy.
The top five were;
Chloe Cumiskey
Ronan Sheppard
Fiadh Gibbons
Katie Gregory
Caéla McKeown
Each child who entered the competition will receive a delicious ice cream complimentary of Mary Deery and Valu land.
Walk a million steps challenge is underway. The challenge will finish on World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10th 2020. You can either walk, run, jog or dance over the 109 days to achieve the million steps. You can join the challenge at any time. Registration is open, costs £12 and can only be done online by clicking on the link below;
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-a-million-tickets-104236899372
Social Media
Please check out our social medical sites for updates, information, puzzles, quizzes, trips down memory lane, recipes and much more. As I said before, social media is the most important tool we have at the minute, it’s both connecting and engaging people in our community and beyond. We continue to deliver groceries from Centra daily and any club member or member of our community who need any assistance at these difficult times, please get in touch. #inthistogether
Posted: May 24th, 2020 under Club News.