The most senior President of Dunderry GAA Club,Phil Cahill Senior died a few weeks ago,He was 92 years young,He died at home surrounded by his loving family,his wife and four children each of whom is sounder than the other
A hardworking son of Cavan,he was a plasterer by trade and fully with it right up to the end,
He loved the GAA and,unusually for a Cavan man was one of the people instrumental in reintroducing hurling to Dunderry when along with Mickey Daly,Ned Howley,Mary Howley.,Jim Hickey,Kat Hardiman,,Sean Weldon and a few others the ball was got rolling at juvenile level some time before 1986.
I can talk with certainty since 1986 as in that year ,before the A.G.M,I was approached by Mickey and asked to propose that we enter an adult team in the Championship as he figured that there would be fierce opposition to it and he was right,
To the huge disappointment of neighbouring Clubs,who had designs on the players of the existing minor champions and many football only supporters, the motion was carried ,but only just and the lads were delighted.
In rapid succession we won Junior championships ,intermediate championships and made it to Senior,Phil being there all the way and Phil Junior was a massive factor in that progression,.
Dermot Dempsey and myself were summoned out of retirement to augment the gasuns and our ageing contributions were richly rewarded..
The progeny of all these people ,plus many more were and are involved still until the present.
Around here when a person reaches old age and you enquire after their health ,if the answer is positive it might be that he is grand --he is still going to the footballs.
May Phil be going to the footballs in heaven,I am sure he is,
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