Some of county's greatest footballers featured in new book
Former Roscommon senior footballers, Francie Grehan, Derek Thompson, Tony McManus, Gay Sheeran and Harry Keegan, with author, Dan Dooner, at the launch of "Roscommon Game Of My Life" in the Railway Bar, Roscommon Town on Friday evening. Picture: Gerard O'Loughlin
A new book by local author and journalist, Dan Dooner, which features 25 of Roscommon's greatest footballers, was launched in The Railway Bar, Roscommon Town, on Friday evening.
“Roscommon Game Of My Life” is a unique publication and one of a family of books by Herobooks which are being published in every county in Ireland. It offers a magnificent oral history of over 60 years of success and failure on football fields across the country.
The Roscommon edition includes first person testimonials from some of the stars of the glorious seventies when the Rossies dominated the Connacht football landscape slongside members of the famous 1980 squad that almost brought home the Sam Maguire Cup after going toe-to-toe with Kerry.
Stars of the nineties and present day also feature, including the county's most recent All Star Enda Smith.
Other legendary names featured in the publication include Pat Lindsay, Mickey Menton, Seamus Hayden, Des Newton, Gerry Fitzmaurice, Tony McManus, Danny Murray, Gay Sheeran, Harry Keegan, Derek Thompson, Seamus Killoran, John Newton, Derek Duggan, Francie Grehan, Gerry Lohan, Fergal O’Donnell, Shane Curran, Donie Shine Jnr, Cathal Cregg, Senan Kilbride, Frankie Dolan, Seán McDermott, and Conor Devaney.
The book is currently being distributed across the county by PK Supplies and would make the ideal stocking filler priced at just €20.
