Episode 1801: The Second Captains “I’ll Tell You Who Wrote It” Book Club Episode 9 With Clare Hurling Superstar Shane O’Donnell On “Friday Night Lights”
Before the TV show and the movie, there was a book called “Friday Night Lights” by Buzz Bissinger. Today we review that book written in 1990 – itself a cultural phenomenon – with Clare hurling superstar Shane O’Donnell.
The pressures of being a teenage prodigy is something that Shane is pretty familiar with, since he scored a hat-trick of goals in the 2013 All-Ireland hurling final as a 19-year old – so what does he make of the privileged, ludicrous position in which the Permian Panthers find themselves in the West Texas town of Odessa?
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The book is sensational, and Shane talks to us about racism, teenage self-worth, his time in the US – and how he didn’t want anyone to find out about his hurling pedigree during his Fulbright Scholarship in Harvard.
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As Frank Lampard receives universal acclaim for the tactical genius that is making three substitutions, Ken ponders whether such a display of inspired leadership has been seen since Wellington at Waterloo https://t.co/5mx8m94i7k pic.twitter.com/c6xoD9KJYn
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Go to PatreonAs we return to a slightly more normal Ireland today, lets pay tribute to the man that made it all possible…Vice Admiral Mark Mellett pic.twitter.com/SXqog55hLy
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