Derry county football team

Well, Peter and I go back a long, long way, you know, because, well, not that we're the same age, but he's somebody that I admired so much as a Gaelic footballer, like he was one of the best ever.

And he plays for Tyrone and I'm a Tyrone man, you know, originally, you know, I live in South Derry now, but I'm a Tyrone man.

And coming from six mile cross.

So, yeah, I mean, he's just done so much.

So to give context for people who are listening that are not from Northern Ireland, the North of Ireland, whatever anybody wants to call it, traditionally Protestants would play rugby and Catholics would play Gaelic, for those listening who are not from here.

But your son, you encouraged him to play GAA? Like him to be part of the GAA to play Gaelic

football? Yeah, Thomas, because I had played a bit of Gaelic and I've trained and I sort of did a bit of work consulting with Derry team and a few other sides like Armagh and even Kildare.

So I had an affinity and I played for the loop as well a couple of matches.

No, like there's-

You know, like there's a s- s- select few within Derry probably.

Did the Loop go and win one, or who?

In Ulster?

Um, and then we went again to Division One off another promotion.

Mm-hmm.

Probably a similar trajectory to where Derry were at or Armagh were at in, you know, 10 years ago, that I do believe unless you're, Brian McGavern said, "Down and at the top table," which is the top eight teams in Ireland in Division One, or at least the top end of Division Two, which Down should be getting to this year-

Mm-hmm

Um, underrated.

Um, do you know what? I'd probably say Shaun Derry at Leeds.

Center back?

Center midfielder, center back.

The Joe Brolly rant, yeah.

Cheated.

And then the other one, Ulster minors against Derry at Centenary Park.

Paddy Bradley putting in a masterclass.

Hello and welcome to the Monday Club.

And this week I'm joined by former Derry captain Chrissie McCaig and old faithful Cahir O'Kane here.

Not Chrissie O'Kane as I may well have said in the preview there.

No, look, Chrissie, thanks very much for coming up and joining us today.

But I say it's creeping towards it in terms of playing.

It's certainly getting very close to the end.

When you called time with Derry, what is it, two years ago? Yeah.

As such now, but how much of that is the same discussion in your head of the version of yourself that you're putting out on an inter-county and in front of the nation, if you like? And how much did it weigh on you as well? Because you would have been aware that you're looking at the Derry squad and you're thinking, it's probably not a natural replacement.