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PEN PICTURES

1. Martin J. Gormally

Position: Goalkeeper / Left Wing

Nickname: Gummi, unfortunately.

Likes: Driving, Diet 7-Up, Lego and Cake.

Dislikes: Bulmers, The Lodge, Natural daylight and Phil (from Mountbellew).

Favourite Player: Jordi Cruyff (CD Alaves & Holland)

Person Most Admired: Jimmy White

Interesting Fact: Has never let in a competitive penalty and thinks the lodge is a fire hazard. Once told a bouncer that it was "good of him to be thinking of the safety of others" when kicked out of the lodge and was allowed back in.

2. Ronan Hourihane

Position: Rangey Target Man

Nickname: The Lad

Likes: Rice, Aimless wandering, farting and Robs jackets.

Dislikes: Shots, Shotgun and nice pants.

Favourite Player: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Man. Utd & Holland)

Person Most Admired: Gerry Callaghan

Interesting Fact: Managed to get on TV the only time he went to mass last year.

3. Darragh Oliver

Position: Midfield

Nickname: Ollie

Likes: Goo, Golf, Hoovering and The One.

Dislikes: Nite clubs in Limerick (except the lodge), Ironing and Tiger Woods.

Favourite Player: Igor Biscan (Croatia & Liverpool)

Person Most Admired: Phil Mickleson

Interesting Fact: Ollie once attempted to drive Sean's car in the front door of 16 Carysfort Avenue, by accident.

4. Daire Mullan

Position: Right back / Left wing

Nickname: Mulan, The Mule.

Likes: Transducers, Purposeful walking, Donkey Fords and Putting out the bin.

Dislikes: Swift movement, Supermarket environments and the dark (probably).

Favourite Player: Jari Litmanen (Liverpool & Finland)

Person Most Admired: Sting

Interesting Fact: Mule once got a good few whacks round the head off a TD, who shall remain nameless, who used to be our geography teacher.

5. Simon Everard

Position: Midfield / Forward

Nickname: Mr. Eve

Likes: Cheese, Water, Sleep and Home.

Dislikes: Getting up, General movement and Cork.

Favourite Player: Hassan Salihamidzic (Bayern Munich & Bosnia / Herzegovina)

Person Most Admired: Nicky English

Interesting Fact: Simon believes that he has been created in the image and likeness of God and God in Tipperary is Nicky English, some people are beginning to doubt the fact that Simon has been created in his likeness.

6. Robert Desmond

Position: Anywhere

Nickname: Johnson, John

Likes: Egg-chasing, Chicken, Jaffa cakes and Daydreaming

Dislikes: Irrational behaviour, Garryowen and The Chicken Hut.

Favourite Player: Roy Keane (Manchester United & Rep. Of Ireland)

Person Most Admired: Michael Martin (Minister for Health and Children)

Interesting Fact: Rob spent most of his first year in college on crutches and posing as a distraught parent in the Parkway, whilst asking Dunnes Stores staff to page his series of supposedly missing children.

7. Stephen Everard

Position: Centre Half / Midfield

Nickname: Shtevo, Stiffoni, Stiffo, El-Shtiff

Likes: Coke, mars bars and Fry-ups.

Dislikes: Doors, windows and local vagrants.

Favourite Player: Mickael Silvestre (Manchester United & France)

Person Most Admired: Eoiny Ryan

Interesting Fact: Shtevo was chased by a donkey as a child and has had an irrational fear of them ever since.

8. Sean O'Donnell

Position: Dangerous midfielder

Nickname: The Moor, Denzil

Likes: Larry, kicking people, sensible conversation and the French.

Dislikes: Wedgies, Shopping and Cooking.

Favourite Player: Philly Larkin (Kilkenny)

Person Most Admired: Vinny Coyne

Interesting Fact: Sean once almost caused a big row in the Golden Mountain Chinese Take-away by criticising the staffs work rate.

9. David Lillis

Position: Utility Goalwinger

Nickname: Statto

Likes: Meaningful Confrontation, Pizza and The Frames.

Dislikes: Fallon's jokes, Salt and The Stables.

Favourite Player: David Connolly (Wimbledon & Rep. Of Ireland)

Person Most Admired: Glen Hansard

Interesting Fact: Dave once sat beside a guy on the bus from Shannon who had sh*t his pants and hadn't changed them, nice

10. John Fallon

Position: Corner Forward

Nickname: The Corner boy.

Likes: Crap jokes, Villa, Corners and free ranging conversations.

Dislikes: Defending, passing, crossing and sessions.

Favourite Player: Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Real Valladolid & Mexico)

Person Most Admired: Calvey

Interesting Fact: It has become a tradition now that when John goes on a session he must get at least 2 hours sleep in the jacks in the pub on the night.

11. Gary Duffy

Position: Left back, although he will argue about this.

Nickname: Duffy, Screech

Likes: Sleeping, The Manic Street Preachers and Sh*t.

Dislikes: Mild physical movement, thinking and cycling whilst drunk.

Favourite Player: Gus Fraser (Former England cricketer)

Person Most Admired: Probably that fella Richie Edwards out of the Manics who disappeared a few years ago at the Severn bridge.

Interesting Fact: Duffy once ran around Louvain and Heildeberg in a dazzling white Elvis style jacket at 6:30 in the morning because he was locked out. He also fell asleep face down in the porch of 1 Louvain in rag week in first year.

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