Two Dublin legends, a threat of violence and how an All-Star tour to New York turned ugly
"He is being forewarned. If he comes here with the tour next week, I cannot be responsible for what might happen to him," John Kerry O'Donnell, one of the GAA's most important figures in New York for many years, told the Irish Independent. Tom O'Donoghue, chairman of the North American Board (NAB), demanded that Hickey and McCarthy be dropped from the touring party (he was obviously unaware that McCarthy wasn't planning to travel). "By helping to remove the protesters from the pitch, these men disgraced the Dublin jersey," he said. NAB president Dan O'Kennedy was equally strident. "This playe...
Source: independent.ie