St Brigid’s became the best team in Ireland
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And Shane Curran was Shane Curran
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Denis Buckley beat Toulouse
Not all by himself, obviously.
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Chris O’Dowd’s minor football heroics were brought back onto national TV
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Fuerty’s junior Connacht title win over Headford was an epic by all accounts
Shane Curley, Gerry Fallon and Ronan O’Meara hurled their way onto the Nicky Rackard team of the year
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Robbie Henshaw began racking up his international caps
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It was a lean year for the inter-county footballers*, but Conor Devaney’s well on the way to downhill gold
*Aside from the February League win over Sligo that is.
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