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Oral History

Brian McCarthy

Brian McCarthy talks about Monaghan football throughout his lifetime. He talks about the involvement of the Christian Brothers in the GAA when he was growing up and club life in Ballybay. He has many stories about travelling to mathes, fighting at matches, the clergy and the GAA and the ban on foreign sports. The impact of nationalist politics on the GAA and The Troubles in North of Ireland. He discusses GAA in the Gardaí and also the Jimmy McGee's All-Stars.