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Audio: Conor Gallen ‘happy out’ despite missing LyIT hurler’s famous win

written by Coilin Duffy February 29, 2016
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CONOR GALLEN ADMITTED he was “sickened” to miss out on Letterkenny Institute of Technology’s final win in the Padraig MacDiarmada Cup in Cork on Saturday.

Having hobbled off the the semi-final win over University of Ulster Magee, the Setanta clubman, though, did have the consolation of lifting the trophy as captain following their 1-11 to 2-6 win over Robert Gordon University from Aberdeen on Fitzgibbon Cup weekend.

“It’s hard standing there on the sideline,” he said. “My voice is gone. They kept going. My heart was in my mouth at the end up. We got a bit of luck and luckily we came out on top in the end.”

He spoke to Cóilín Duffy afterwards …

https://soundcloud.com/donegalsporthub-club-notes/conor-gallen-after-lyit-hurlers-taste-national-success

Audio: Conor Gallen ‘happy out’ despite missing LyIT hurler’s famous win was last modified: February 29th, 2016 by Coilin Duffy
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Coilin Duffy

A Laois native, but with a keen interest in Donegal Sport, Cóilín has been covering Sport for a variety of media since 2003. A fluent Gaelgeoir and keen GAA enthusiast. He followed every inch of Donegal's memorable four-day homecoming celebrations in 2012

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