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RIP Con Houlihan

  • 04-08-2012 11:59am
    #1
    Joekers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭


    The great journalist Con Houlihan sadly passed away this morning aged 86.

    "RIP Con Houlihan. You great big GIANT of a legend. Without doubt the man who inspired teenage Dessie to want to be a sports journalist."
    Des Cahill on Twitter this morning.


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  • #2
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Ah Christ, this makes me sad :(

    RIP Con


  • #3
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    Has this been confirmed. Don't see it reported anywhere else?


  • #4
    Joekers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Joekers


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Has this been confirmed. Don't see it reported anywhere else?
    Turn on rte radio 1, they are talking about him now


  • #5
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    RIP -


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Has this been confirmed. Don't see it reported anywhere else?

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/houlihan-passes-away-at-86-561834.html


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  • #7
    RedRightHand
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭RedRightHand


    RIP

    He had a way of writing that was unique among Irish journalists, sports or otherwise.


  • #8
    mobby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭mobby


    RIP Con. :-(

    How I Miss the Back page of the Evening Press on Monday.


  • #9
    telekon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭telekon


    Joekers wrote: »
    The great journalist Con Houlihan sadly passed away this morning aged 86.

    "RIP Con Houlihan. You great big GIANT of a legend. Without doubt the man who inspired teenage Dessie to want to be a sports journalist."
    Des Cahill on Twitter this morning.

    So we actually have someone to blame for Des Cahill.


    Only messing. RIP Con, wish there were more like yourself these days...


    i.e. not Des Cahill. :(


  • #10
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    R.I.P.


  • #11
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users Posts: 14,193 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    RIP Con


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  • #12
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Joekers wrote: »
    . Without doubt the man who inspired teenage Dessie to want to be a sports journalist."
    Des Cahill on Twitter this morning.

    RIP Con, a true one-off.

    Hope Des realises his ambition someday.


  • #13
    alkev
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭alkev


    He worked with my dad in the press and wrote a wonderful obituary when he died. I'm sorry Con I don't have your great skill with words to write one for you, but I will say that Ireland has lost a great man, a true legend.

    RIP


  • #14
    red menace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭red menace


    RIP a great writer,


  • #15
    ShamoBuc
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 33,268 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis - Legend.


  • #16
    ForeverYoung90
    Registered Users Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭ForeverYoung90


    RIP Con Houlihan.I enjoyed your pieces in the Sunday World over the last 6/7 years.


  • #17
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    RIP Con Houlihan,Always a great interesting read on the back page of the Evening press with a witty yet intelligent piece on the sport of that week.


  • #18
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,408 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    R.I.P. Con. A brilliant and witty sports writer.


  • #19
    YoungTrouble
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 44 ✭YoungTrouble


    Very sad that he died.RIP.
    Having said that,he was a terrible writer.


  • #20
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    Goodbye Con. Thanks for all your stories and for putting Knocknagoshel on the map.


  • #21
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    RIP Con. A true writer and the words will outlast you. But you knew that.


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  • #22
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    Didn't read his journalism but anything I saw of him on TV documentaries showed him to be a thinker and a thoughtful journalist. A loss indeed.


  • #23
    four18
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 460 ✭✭four18


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Has this been confirmed. Don't see it reported anywhere else?
    There really is always one !


  • #24
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,720 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    one of my favourite Irish journalists - R.I.P.


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