Dessie farrell biography of barack
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Dessie Farrell brings something different to Dublin hotseat
Dessie Farrell’s appointment as Dublin manager is the apex of an involvement with the county, which stretches back over 30 years. Forty-eight last June, he was on the 1988 minor team that lost the All-Ireland final to Kerry - he scored 8-7 in four matches during that campaign - and went on to have a 13-year career at senior level, winning all honours in the game.
Injury disrupted his career but he was a key member of the team that won the 1995 All-Ireland, moving from a straightforward shooting role at corner forward to operate on the half-forward line either as an orthodox, play-making centre forward or in a frequent switch with Paul Clarke, an attacking wing forward.
He was an All Star in 1995 and a short-list pick for Footballer of the Year.
A versatile sportsman, he played hockey at underage for Ireland, won a secondary schools soccer medal with St Vincent's under the guidance of current GAA president John Horan, lo
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Dessie Farrell will step down as chief executive of the GPA in December
Speaking in a statement, Farrell said he was "extremely grateful to have involved in gaelic games throughout my life".
"I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work in a career so intrinsically linked to the sports I love," added the 45-year-old.
"It has been a tremendous honour to have led the GPA and to have served our county players over the past decade and half.
"We are all extremely proud of what has been achieved in that time and I feel truly privileged to have witnessed the growth, development and success of the organisation in that period."
GPA chairman, Limerick hurler Seamus Hickey, said Farrell had been "an inspirational leader" while fellow founding member Donal Og Cusack said "all inter-county players and the GAA generally owe Dessie a great debt".
The GPA has appointed a sub-committee led by Hickey to run an open recruitment
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Dessie Farrell: the making of a Dublin manager
The Prodigy
THE BLACK AND white photo is a little frayed at the edges, hidden deep inre a pile of sporting mementoes and yellowing newspaper cuttings, a well kept secret – until now.
If you study the picture (below) closely, it won’t take you long to spot the current huvudstaden i irland manager, standing second from the right, eyes focused firmly on the photographer, wearing a collared football top and a shy smile.
Teenage prodigies are often found in places like this, scrapbooks tucked away inside a kitchen drawer, where you half-expect someone’s face to leap off the page with that before-they-were-famous look.
What took you by surprise was the sight of the other fella, the third player from the left in the back row: Kenny Cunningham, Ireland soccer captain 2003-05, a Dublin minor alongside Farrell in 1989, his teammate, classmate, friend. “When we were at school, you knew that he was one of those players whose destiny was to end up play