Page 17 - The Gonzaga Record 1994
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Corban Walker (’87) (Photo: Derek Speirs, courtesy Derek Speirs/Report)
The College’s connections with soccer might appear rather tenuous, so one
cannot be other than shocked by two bits of news. The first seems like a double
betrayal. The Irish Times of March 29 reported the launch by Bord na Gaeilge
of the "first-ever’ soccer anthem in Irish in preparation for Giants Stadium and
the C itrus Bowl. C alled Seo Linn go M eiricea, it was com posed by ’93
graduates Barry M cCrea and David Downes. Proceeds were to go to the
Galway Hospice Foundation. Did anyone hear it in Orlando?
The second thumb to the nose of Gonzaga tradition is Danny Horan’s (’94)
Sports Scholarship to UCD - in soccer. He has had an exciting season touring
with the 2nd team, playing Finn Harps in Donegal and taking Shamrock Rovers
to a 3-1 defeat in the Leinster Senior Cup.The team has won the Shield for the
season. UCD football is celebrating a centenary in ’95 and a meeting with
Liverpool at Lansdowne is planned.
Barry Doherty (’88) has appeared in the current series of Challenging Times
representing K ings' Inns, as if to prove that the participation by Gonzaga
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The College’s connections with soccer might appear rather tenuous, so one
cannot be other than shocked by two bits of news. The first seems like a double
betrayal. The Irish Times of March 29 reported the launch by Bord na Gaeilge
of the "first-ever’ soccer anthem in Irish in preparation for Giants Stadium and
the C itrus Bowl. C alled Seo Linn go M eiricea, it was com posed by ’93
graduates Barry M cCrea and David Downes. Proceeds were to go to the
Galway Hospice Foundation. Did anyone hear it in Orlando?
The second thumb to the nose of Gonzaga tradition is Danny Horan’s (’94)
Sports Scholarship to UCD - in soccer. He has had an exciting season touring
with the 2nd team, playing Finn Harps in Donegal and taking Shamrock Rovers
to a 3-1 defeat in the Leinster Senior Cup.The team has won the Shield for the
season. UCD football is celebrating a centenary in ’95 and a meeting with
Liverpool at Lansdowne is planned.
Barry Doherty (’88) has appeared in the current series of Challenging Times
representing K ings' Inns, as if to prove that the participation by Gonzaga
9
