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Listen: Willie Gillespie on the ‘madness’ of Naomh Colmcille’s Championship run

written by Chris McNulty January 19, 2018
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Willie Gillespie has the look of a man who is still pinching himself at Naomh Colmcille’s storied run to the All-Ireland JFC semi-final.

The Naomh Colmcille captain will lead his men out at Cusack Park, Mullingar on Saturday against Knocknagree with a place at Croke Park up for grabs.

Naomh Colmcille’s season looked doomed when they drew with St Mary’s of Convoy to miss out on promotion, but a subsequent Championship quarter-final win over Moville ignited a fire that is still raging.

“To think we’re 60 minutes from Croke Park, it’s madness,” Gillespie said.

“Usually Christmas and New Year is time to take the foot off, but this year was different. We trained on New Years Day and we just kept going over Christmas.

“We just went to get ourselves ticking along. We know how big a deal this is and we want to put in a performance.”

Listen to the full interview below …

https://soundcloud.com/donegalsportstalk/willie-gillespie-looks-forward-to-naomh-colmcille-v-knocknagree

Listen: Willie Gillespie on the ‘madness’ of Naomh Colmcille’s Championship run was last modified: January 18th, 2018 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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