Fleadh hitchhikers score a lift with GAA legend
Brandon Cassidy and a friend were stranded in Curracloe as taxi demand skyrocketed during Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2025.
Left with no other option, they decided to hitch a lift into Wexford Town.
'No taxis to be got in Wexford, thumbing a lift from Curracloe to Wexford town for the fleadh.
No taxis to be got in Wexford, thumbing a lift from curracloe to Wexford town for the fleadh. Chanced our arm with this man not knowing who he was, 10 minutes into the car journey he says his name. Didn't know were after jumping into the car with 7 time all Ireland winner. Gent!! pic.twitter.com/ZZuqDHmRkB — Brandon Cassidy (@Cass05Brandon) August 4, 2025
'Chanced our arm with this man, not knowing who he was, 10 minutes into the car journey, he says his name.
'Didn't know were after jumping into the car with 7 time All Ireland winner. Gent!!' Brandon wrote on social media.
Their unsuspecting chauffeur turned out to be Eoghan O'Gara, a key member of the dominant Dublin squad of the 2010s. Eoghan O'Gara. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
O'Gara won All-Ireland titles in 2011, 2013, 2015–2017, 2018, and 2019, famously coming off the bench in the breakthrough 2011 win and starting in the nail-biting 2017 final against Mayo.
Having swapped the blue of Dublin for the black and amber of Wexford, O'Gara now lines out for Shelmaliers – helping the club to county glory in 2023. He lives locally with his family.
Meanwhile, Fleadh Cheoil 2025 is lighting up Wexford this week with music, crowds, and even a surprise performance by Ed Sheeran, who dropped by for a few impromptu sets – a nod to his strong Wexford roots.
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