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RTE Presenter Damien O'Reilly in Profile

Name: Damien O Reilly

Star Sign: Taurus

Family: Married to Catherina McKiernan, daughter Deirbhile and son Patrick

Occupation: Broadcaster

Schools / Colleges attended: St Brigids NS, Castleknock, O Connells CBS, Ballyfermot Senior College

Club Teams: Retired!

Hobbies outside of the GAA: With two young children, are you mad!

What is your earliest sporting memory? Seamus Darby scoring the winning goal for Offaly in the 1982 All Ireland final against Kerry.

What was been your most memorable moment (On the field) in Brigids colours: Scoring a point once . . . . . . . . .

What was been your most memorable moment (Off the field) in Brigids colours: The 2003-2004 Senior footballers success in Dublin and Leinster.

Worst moment in Brigids colours: That point (see above) was disallowed.

Favourite Music: Everything and anything!

Favourite Film: Fargo, Thomas Crown Affair, Goodfellas.

What was the last book you read? Fintan O Tooles book about the destruction of our economy.

Who has been the biggest influence on your playing career? What playing career!!!

What is your favourite aspect of the club? The idea that it is like a small community whereby when you go down there, you know most people. Just like a rural club.

What would you like to see change or improve in the club? New senior grass pitch when finished

Favourite food? Anything when I am hungry except lasagne. I would starve before I would touch lasagne.

Person I most admire? My wife Catherina has achieved quite a lot on the world stage in athletics and it took a lot of hard work and sacrifice.

If you won the Euro Millions, what would you do? Tell nobody.

Your ambition within the club is to? Hope that we can repeat the successes of the 2003-04 with our senior footballers and for all our teams to reach their ambitions in championship and league.

If you were to organise a session down in the club, what 3 celebrities would you invite? Any three who could keep up with me!

Who is your favourite 'Sunday Game' pundit? Colm O Rourke

Who is your favourite 'character' in the club? Don O Mahony

Pet hates? Women who decide to wait until the cashier tells them how much their grocery bill before they decide to look for their purse inside their handbag.

If you could have been a spectator at one sporting event in history what would it be? The 1947 All Ireland football final in New York.

Your favourite ever GAA score? Owen Mulligans goal against Dublin in the All Ireland quarter final in 2005.

What is your favourite GAA ground? Croke Park

What, in your view, is the problem with the Dublin Senior Football team? No sense of community or parish like there is in other counties.

Who is most likely to win Dublins next Senior All-Ireland, the hurlers or footballers? Footballers.

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