HONOUR… Peter McGinnity
PETER MCGINNITY is one of a number of Ulster players who have been selected in the GAA’s Football ‘Stars of the ‘80s’ team which will be honoured on All-Ireland Football final day on Sunday September 22 when Dublin meet Mayo at Croke Park.
After back-to-back winners Meath (1987-88) were honoured at last year’s final the GAA has availed of the opportunity to acknowledge a specially chosen team deemed to be best 15 footballers from the 1980s who did not win All-Ireland senior medals.
Joining Peter are Brian McAlinden (Armagh), Jim Reilly (Cavan), Ciaran Murray (Monaghan), Eugene McKenna (Tyrone), Eugene ‘Nudie’ Hughes (Monaghan) and Frank McGuigan (Tyrone).
All of those included in the final 15 were deemed to have made special contributions to the GAA through outstanding performances over prolonged periods.
McGinnity won county medals in his native Fermanagh and Antrim – lining out with St. John’s in the 1978 All-Ireland club final. He was a winner of Railway Cup medals in 1979, 1980, 1983 and 1984 and the county’s first Allstar winner in 1982.