Galway GAA Annual 2012

77 JACK MANGAN HONOURED Jack Mangan and Mayor Eamonn Kitt Tom Cunningham, Phonsie Tully, David McGann, Stephen Cahalan, Joe McDonagh, Tommy Kelly, Noel Treacy and Iomar Whelan. A CIVIC HONOUR for a Galway and Tuam Stars football hero, on August 4th this year. The captain of the All-Ireland winning Galway team of 1956 and a legendary goalkeeper for Tuam Stars in a golden era signed the visitors’ book after he was welcomed home by Mayor Eamonn Kitt for the official naming of the Jack Mangan Roundabout on PurcellStockwell Road, Tuam — linking Vicar Street with Dublin Road. Organised by Tuam Town Council with the goodwill and assistance of Tuam Stars Football Club, the formal ceremony was a very special occasion. Jack Mangan, who now lives in Wolverhampton, is pictured above with team-mates from the 1956 AllIreland Senior Football Championship winning panel: (from left) Séamus Colleran, Joe Young, Jack Kissane, Seán Keeley, Tom (“Pook”) Dillon, Billy O’Neill and Cyril Kelly.

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