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Jan 15, 2009 54 min

Last Man Standing – Tom McNicholas

from The voices of rural Mayo Hosted by Chalk & Cheese Productions

Tom McNicholas is the last man still living from the 1936 All-Ireland victorious Mayo football team. Peter Connor interviewed Tom McNicholas in Dublin in July 2008, to find out the secrets of a team that brought glory to Mayo for the last time, more than 70 years ago. McNicholas, now 94 years old, tells about growing up in the west of Ireland in the 40s and 50s, and how his education brought him to a long career as an inspector of schools in Dublin. He retired in 1969 and is now a collector of rare books. Tom McNicholas was born in Treenagleeragh, Kiltimagh,Co. Mayo on August 15, 1914. He has been featured in an RTE documentary(Irish television)in 2008; and in a Mayo news article of Dec.16, 2008. Julia Fitzgerald performed the sound editing & mixing, and CD design and production for this podcast. Special thanks to Patsy O'Connor of Dublin for arranging the interview.

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