The Left Wing Back Podcast

Recently we had the pleasure of sitting down with recently retired Carlow Senior Footballer Darragh Foley at Lambert's Coffee Shop.

Foley finishes up as Carlow's leading scorer of all time on the County scene.

We chat to Darragh about why he retired.

We do a deep dive into his time with Carlow.

We chat about some funny moments and also some emotional ones which Darragh doesn't shy away from.

The man exudes excellence as much off the pitch as he does on it and here we get a real flavour of that.

Unmissable viewing & listening.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:48 Reason behind retirement
07:58 County Underage Football - Not making u14 squad
10:20 Soccer career
13:25 Making Adult debut for Kilbride while u13
20:00 Carlow v Dublin u21 Football Semi Final
21:47 Senior debut with Carlow and up to 2012
27:00 Carlow v Meath 2012 a day of mixed emotions
29:11 Incredible moment during a sad time
34:24 2013-2015 with Carlow
35:24 Carlow Footballers Fight Night
39:24 Glorious times with Carlow
56:20 Laois
1:08:00 Post Turlough era
1:11:00 Last game with Carlow
1:12:00 Making sure he was going to retire
1:14:40 Fatherhood
1:17:30 Quick Fire questions
1:31:17 A possible return to Carlow at some point?!
1:32:54 Conclusion

Stephen Bambrick joins us to discuss Bennekerry/Tinryland's Leinster success. We chat about Rathvilly & Burren Rangers exiting Leinster, St Mullins prepping for their opener on Sunday, the County u16 Football Championship & more

Mick Kehoe joins us to discuss the following:

02:05 Darragh Foley finishes up with Carlow
08:09 BK/Tin prep for Leinster Final 
11:52 Ballon & Fenagh bow out of Leinster 
33:13 Rathvilly & Burren Rangers step up in Leinster
42:43 County Championship off to a flyer

All this and much more!

Mick Kehoe joins Kev for a recap on all the happenings over the past week from Rathvilly's SFC success to Myshall's extraordinary 25 in a row achievement to Minor Final headlines and much more besides.

Don't forget to email your LWB Player of The Year nominees to [email protected] in association with Valhalla Sauna's

00:00 Show Partner Mentions
00:50 Show starts
01:48 Mick on coaching Tinryland during Relegation play off 
06:30 Myshall do 25 in a row - Camogie Review
10:05 JFC Final - Bizarre story
17:09 SFC Final Replay - Rathvilly v Pal Review
32:20 Minor Final Reviews - Mad ending to MFC 'A' Final
47:35 Burren Rangers play off with Carlow Town for the right to play in Leinster
53:43 County Championship date change
55:50 LWB Player of the Year Awards in association with Valhalla Saunas
1:05:00 Wrapping Up/Thank you's

Kev & BOD were once again located at the Talbot Hotel in Carlow for this week's episode reviewing the 2024 Carlow Football Finals.

Details of the Camogie Finals were also given.

And of course the Senior Football Final Replay is previewed.

The lads also discuss possible LWB Player of The Year contenders!

00:00 - Intro
05:30 - Camogie Final Times
06:05 - Junior B Final
12:46 - Junior A Final
25:24 - IFC Final
34:33 - SFC Final & Replay chat
1:08:39 - LWB Player of The Year Award possible contenders & how you can become involved

BOD spoke to the two members of the recent winning side with Rathvilly also prepping for Senior and JFC 'B' Finals this week!

BOD sat down and had the craic with his brother Jeff and James Ruth ahead of the 2024 JFC 'B' Final between Eire Og and Rathvilly.

Craig Kearney is well established in the Palatine nets. 

He also keeps up his net keeping duty with New Oak while running a Web Design & Management business - www.Craigkearney.com

We had a great discussion and it even featured an unexpected cameo from one of Craig's team mates!

Brian O'Donoghue sat down for a fantastic discussion with two of Rathvilly's finest servants.

Brian Murphy and Alan 'Briar' Kelly gave many great years to club and county.

This wide ranging chat is sure to have you entertained!

The lads were a joy to chat to ahead of this Saturday's IFC Final! Great craic and stories from both!