Paying homage to great games and great heroes, John Scally celebrates top GAA players from Connacht since the 1930s. While footballers form the majority, great Galway hurlers also feature. All were proud wearers of county colours, men of passion and dedication, some winning All-Ireland medals, others not so lucky. Stars interviewed range from Jimmy Murray, who captained Roscommon in the 1940s, through to legends like Mayo s Paddy Prendergast, Leitrim s Packy McGarty, Galway s John Connolly, Sligo s Eamon O Hara, and TV pundits, Martin Carney and Kevin McStay. All have a compelling story to tell. New insights into management styles and competence, referees decisions, Mayo s failures, and controversial incidents of recent decades emerge, such as the tunnel incident in the 1983 All-Ireland Football Final, the Keady affair , and the Mayo-Meath melee in 1996. This engrossing and entertaining mixture, with amusing anecdotes and frank opinions takes readers behind the scenes into the drama of Gaelic games with famous sons of Connacht.