Where Are They Now - Frankie Enright

30 January 2008

Frankie Enright was just what any Manager would want in a Forward. He was quick,skillful,brave and accurate. He learned his Trade as a juvenile hurler under the watchful eyes of his father, Frank Senior, and Sonny Scanlan. He Graduated to the Adult Junior B side in 1988 and, as a young Starlet, delivered a mortal blow to Broadfords hopes of a County Junior B Title with the winning goal from a 25 yard free as the game entered Injury Time. One of the Counties most consistent free-takers, he went on to star for the Clooney Senior and Intermediate teams. He  was Captain in 1999 when the Club captured the County Intermediate Hurling League Title 

Name: Frankie Enright

Age: 37, approximately.

Where are you now? Moycullen, Galway (next to the pitch!)

Still accept all invitations to play junior B for the locals. Went on the Missions up here long before it became the thing to do, Ger.

Started in 1977. 1^st game - Played U-14 aged 7 V’s Broadford in Kilkishen – I think that would be called blooding a fella now!

Score was 10 goals and 1 point to no score….Still remember the ones that hurt the most.

Finished playing for Clooney in 2001. Hit every ball when I get a visa to the games.

Without a doubt the Junior B championship win in 1988. Some bunch of boyos on that one. A mixture of criminals and law enforcers. Des Lynch can fill you in on the man that had to be fished out of Norries the day before it. Barney survived falling off the cab of the truck onto the road outside Mungovans on the Sunday night – his only slip all year- could have taken out Micheal John Quigney on the way down.

Won U12, Minor and Intermediate League. A lot of nearly years that still rankle.

There is a long list over 24 years…...Played with Mike Murphy and Pat O Loughlin, and then played with their sons for example….

Sonny Scanlon – an endless bag of expressions and demonstrations on "this is how you should do it". Usually arrived running, in Wellingtons, after milking and full of beans. Always participated fully in the practice games (including U-12). Kept underage alive almost on his own for a couple of years in the 70’s.

Frank Enright (Senior – the blow in from Newmarket to this day). Short speeches. Chaired the selection team meetings with Sonny on the meal bags in the shed. Nice pair of hands himself but a bit shy about it. Demanded goals all the time. (That explains the scorelines from his day.)

Ger (Mao) Halloran - put discipline on the Inter team. It couldn’t have gone to the level it is now without this platform in 99 and 2000. Would he have lapped the pitch as often as we did?

Eugene Barry – Crusheen. A man marker. Very fair. No prisoners.

PJ O Connell – Took me on a tour of Cusack Park in the ‘86 u-16 final. Delighted that he made a donkey out of someone famous in the 95 Munster final.

Tommy "Boots" Larkin (Teammate….) took a piece out of my ear, by accident in 89. Case/apology pending.

Pat Markam had no equal from my age group. I insult nobody else by not mentioning them next to this rock.

Played Junior B against Clonlara some time in the 91. Spent an hour trying to round up a team before we went down to Clonlara. Bare 15. By about 10 minutes into the 2^nd half we had failed to score. Don’t know the name but the Clonlara Number 6 took it into his own hands and put one over his own posts to open our account…..

The elephant never forgets an U-14 game on the side of a hill in Broadford in 1984. No crossbars (ropes only) and TJ refereeing it. (Think he had patches over both eyes). This cost us the u-14 championship. Beat Tulla by 10 in the next game but they still went on to win the championship.

Sonny telling Ger Scanlon to "hit it or go home" at training. Gerry went home.