The Paudie Palmer column: We must salute those who give it all to the GAA

John Motherway, then PRO of the Cork County Board, addressing the huge crowd celebrating in Parnell Place at the Cork hurling homecoming in 2005. Picture: Brian Lougheed
Following his marriage in 1967 to soulmate and fellow Barryroe resident, Ann Harrington, they set up home in Aghada.

From then, until now, this great man has made an awesome contribution to life in his adopted east Cork hamlet.
He ended up taking part and completing marathons in Dublin, Cork and Boston, for good measure. He participated in the Ballycotton 10 on 16 occasions including the final one. To this day, he runs 4.5 miles a day on six out of every seven days. Awesome.

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