On the Shoulders of Giants

ONE MAN’S LIFETIME JOURNEY through gaelic football and hurling, On the Shoulders of Giants brings readers face to face with many of the legendary characters in the GAA, most of whom have sadly passed many years ago. Henry Wymbs was born and reared in Sligo, and spent his adult years in the UK where he worked in the police force and also for the BBC. Here readers get to know on a personal level so many of the GAA’s greatest footballers and hurlers from yesteryear in previously unpublished interviews, including… The Rackards and the Cuddys, two powerful hurling families from Wexford and Laois. Also included is Jimmy Smyth of Clare and Jimmy Smyth of Armagh. Kerry’s Mick O’Connell, and Tipperary’s Kieran Carey. Roscommon’s Jimmy Murray and Meath’s Paddy O’Brien are also present, as are Packie McGarty (Leitrim), John McAndrew (Mayo), Dermot O’Brien (Louth), Jody O’Neill (Tyrone), Frankie Walsh (Waterford), Phil O’Reilly (Offaly), Sean Meade (Galway), PT Treacy (Fermanagh), Mickey Kearins (Sligo), Ray Carolan (Cavan), Colm Sheehan (Cork) and Pauric McShea (Donegal.