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I did some work cleaning up this article a few weeks ago. I had some concerns about the subject's notability, so I'm pleased to see some other views. Just a note: I requested semi-protection because of ongoing, low-volume, mostly harmless vandalism, by one or more IP/new editors. If the article is
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per above. Playing inter-county Gaelic football (at senior level) is the pretty much the top of the tree in the sport and he played at that level for Mayo. (And here's a couple of links from the
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