Galway’s football greats back in the sporting spotlight
Some of Galway's greatest footballers of all time were gathered in the one room last Sunday afternoon to launch a new book that tells that story of the three-in-a-row that so many of them played a critical part in.
Back together were the surviving stars of that team, including Pat Donnellan, Johnny Geraghty, Christy Tyrrell, Martin Newell, Tom Sands and Colie McDonagh.
There were other familiar football faces, including Johnny Hughes and Tommy Joe Gilmore, among the huge crowd that turned out in the Ardilaun Hotel to help launch Three Glorious Summers, the new book by Tom Conlon, celebrating Galway’s legendary All-Ireland winning football team of 1964, 1965 and 1966.
The book tells the story of a team that achieved an extraordinary feat, winning three consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championships and securing their place in the history of Galway GAA.
Based on exclusive interviews with all surviving members of that great team, Three Glorious Summers offers a unique and personal insight into the players, memories and stories behind one of Gaelic football’s most memorable eras.
The event was hosted by Galway Bay FM’s Ollie Turner and the crowds queued to get their copy signed by the men who wrote their own page in the history of Galway sport with those back-to-back wins in the sixties.
Three Glorious Summers is available to purchase online at www.tribespress.com and in-store at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Dubray and selected SuperValu stores.
And all proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to MS Ireland, Parkinson’s Ireland Galway and Building for Children.