tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1702657696397057350..comments2024-03-29T06:51:03.388+00:00Comments on TPQ: Charlie McKiernanAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43559346511992107862019-01-04T07:33:12.328+00:002019-01-04T07:33:12.328+00:00Bringing back good memories....cheers.Bringing back good memories....cheers.Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39378166641992416922019-01-03T13:19:44.989+00:002019-01-03T13:19:44.989+00:00Brian was hard as nails at the game but not dirty ...Brian was hard as nails at the game but not dirty … Beef Murray, another very good player. Could run a game well. Even Dominic Adams had a hard job getting past me LOL and he was greased lightening on the pitch. He turned me one time and I knew if he got as much as six inches he would leave me standing so I grabbed his arm in the penalty box and pulled him back and the ref awarded us a free kick!AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23522738334565099722019-01-03T12:51:49.779+00:002019-01-03T12:51:49.779+00:00mmmm...not too sure about Brian but something tell...mmmm...not too sure about Brian but something tells me I did and from what I can remember he was hard but fair...another was Beefy...can't recall his actual name...bloody speed machine..I thought that he was the fittest I ever came across on a pitch....some good defenders and forwards....as for Chuck, a stone statue could have tortured you on the ball!!!!!Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9097607749833277842019-01-02T22:18:30.979+00:002019-01-02T22:18:30.979+00:00Nancy - that is so moving. Nancy - that is so moving. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64773504698366061232019-01-02T21:20:44.093+00:002019-01-02T21:20:44.093+00:00Nancy Spain here, Charlies wife of 37years alot of...Nancy Spain here, Charlies wife of 37years alot of that time spent apart and the best years spent together. Charlie was born into a Republican family like myself and three other brothers imprisoned. One blip in his Republican career set the tone for the rest of his life.Together we were a team I knew the boy and the man. I walked proudly by his side because I knew what he was made of and I lovedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650937263337792800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85712152967624350992019-01-02T08:15:22.735+00:002019-01-02T08:15:22.735+00:00Niall - strange how memory distorts!
He was tortu...Niall - strange how memory distorts!<br /><br />He was torturing us long after you had gone so maybe we all got unfit just to keep up! <br /><br />Did you ever play against Brian Campbell? One hard player. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67445668734307221502019-01-02T08:04:47.312+00:002019-01-02T08:04:47.312+00:00AM,
In our first few encounters he tormented me a ...AM,<br />In our first few encounters he tormented me a few times alright but I put that down to my complete unfitness.....once that was resolved the GAP soon closed for good after that AM and you know it!!!!!Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-24922432540088054802019-01-01T18:08:40.071+00:002019-01-01T18:08:40.071+00:00How can an irish Republican support and English fo...How can an irish Republican support and English football ⚽ ♣? Get the rosary beads out and pray big-time for the City game on Thursday night 🌃. Up 👆 the 🎱 Pool,29 years of hurt. Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668466933420738253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26172979850555909102018-12-31T16:41:48.221+00:002018-12-31T16:41:48.221+00:00Niall - you must have been playing defence and he ...Niall - you must have been playing defence and he tormented you! I don't remember him running out of steam now. <br /><br />Tomboy was a great keeper - would throw himself at anything and wholly unafraid of the charging opponent. Big Bunter had something for Tomboy about him when he did nets. <br /><br />Once in that situation it was always going to be tough but Charlie got on with it. Was AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34745981568965041482018-12-31T13:46:58.271+00:002018-12-31T13:46:58.271+00:00Chuck and Tomboy....Two amigoes that tortured the ...Chuck and Tomboy....Two amigoes that tortured the life out of you....Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81912963118428469622018-12-31T13:45:41.888+00:002018-12-31T13:45:41.888+00:00Chuck and Tomboy....Two amigoes that tortured the ...Chuck and Tomboy....Two amigoes that tortured the life out of you....great skill on the pitch but hadn't the fitness to play the full game...ran out of steam quite quickly...there were those who manipulated others never to let him forget his cross and yet those same people turned out bastards of the lowest form...I found myself standing in front of him at a till queue once...it was his broad Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22713254781494336462018-12-31T12:33:44.113+00:002018-12-31T12:33:44.113+00:00Msspikemilligan - Meehan had a point definitely al...Msspikemilligan - Meehan had a point definitely although I am not sure it always operated as straightforwardly. There was certainly an element of elitism and resentment and not always restricted to the Provo establishment. I know Storey worked particularly hard to remove the stigma from people who had fallen by the wayside so to speak. I tended to detect a difference in outlook between people whoAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9204969811688134622018-12-31T04:39:33.969+00:002018-12-31T04:39:33.969+00:00Anthony..nice one for Charlie Chuck! RIP. Again yo...Anthony..nice one for Charlie Chuck! RIP. Again you’ve proved yourself a better man than the shinner establishment. He was vilified by them , lets not mess words. Always reminds me of Martin Meehans words.. “you try your best, against all odds, but make one mistake, they’ll persecute you” . I remember playing against a frontline of Chuck and Brendy Meade, both of them could have played in the Msspikemilliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251948133366451535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23345689524084530412018-12-30T14:37:17.306+00:002018-12-30T14:37:17.306+00:00If my memory serves me right, I recall the daughte...If my memory serves me right, I recall the daughter of the volunteer executed by the 'security dpt' speaking on the local news, urging the IRA to investigate the circumstances of her dad's death. She wanted to clear his name. She relayed that her dad told her mother,the night before he was killed, that he was going to meet a few senior people(security dpt?) because he believed he Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59178302615658470462018-12-29T23:27:50.374+00:002018-12-29T23:27:50.374+00:00RIP Charlie,a good man and his wife nancy to who h...RIP Charlie,a good man and his wife nancy to who helped my brother Padraig in the last election in Ballycastle,they loved a sunday afternoon at Ballintoy harbor with there grand children and a wee ice cream, he was a very popular man in Ballycastle and was well loved and is sorely missed, RIP mo charaRegan Mc Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15782256045930521571noreply@blogger.com