Anthony Molloy was honoured with the Freedom of Donegal on Tuesday evening.
Surrounded by his family and friends, he accepted the prestigious award from Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Ciaran Brogan.
“I am very honoured to receive such a prestigious award and I am a very proud Irish man and a very proud Donegal man,” said Molloy.
Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Ciaran Brogan led the tributes to Anthony Molloy saying “it brings me great pleasure along with the elected members of Donegal County Council to bestow the highest honour of the county to Anthony Molloy, in recognition of his contribution to Gaelic football in County Donegal and Ireland and his excellent works as an ambassador among the Donegal Diaspora.”
Chief Executive, Seamus Neely added to the accolades: “The win in ‘92 was a significant achievement, a huge success in the sporting field. Anthony took this success and leveraged it further by visiting schools and showing our youngsters the potential that they could achieve”.
Former team manager, Brian McEniff was joined by Molloy’s team-mates from ’92, including Gary Walsh, Donal Reid, Sylvester Maguire, Noel Hegarty, Matt Gallagher, Martin McHugh, Charlie Mulgrew, Martin Gavigan, Mark Crossan and Martin Shovlin at Tuesday’s ceremony. Also present was club colleagues, current and former County Board officials and Donegal senior football team manager Rory Gallagher and captain Michael Murphy.
