It turns out the Derry football legend and RTÉ pundit was, ahem, strong willed from an early age.
Joe Brolly has been discussing his early days as a hurler on Twitter, with one keen researcher digging up a match report from a game involving UCD and Trinity – where Brolly studied – back in 1990.
Eoin Mullan just sent me this. 3rd from left, front row, 82 feile champions. I know how to linseed a f***ing hurl pic.twitter.com/Osf099I9vD
— Joe Brolly (@JoeBrolly1993) June 1, 2014
@KCsixtyseven @JoeBrolly1993 was doing some (unrelated) archival research. Enjoy pic.twitter.com/BlPdZkZ9UO — Stephen O’Neill (@stibhan) June 2, 2014
@JoeBrolly1993 @SashThe @KCsixtyseven here’s the full report, 28th Nov 1990 pic.twitter.com/QGhD8v58vl — Stephen O’Neill (@stibhan) June 2, 2014
@stibhan @KCsixtyseven I cannot believe it! Bloody hell I had to sit down. All came flooding back. Where did you find the pic?
— Joe Brolly (@JoeBrolly1993) June 2, 2014
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