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Irish Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
McGuinness' hilarious reaction to Jimmy's Winning Matches after meeting singer
Jim McGuinness told the singer of the famous 'Jimmy's Winning Matches' song that it had his head 'melted' after meeting him. Rory Gallagher from Rory and the Island told of McGuinness' reaction to the song in a social media post this week ahead of the All-Ireland final between Donegal and Kerry. He wrote: "I remember all those years ago Jim McGuinness coming up to me, putting his arm around me and whispering gently into my ear: 'See that song you wrote, it has my head melted!' It got even worse for him when RTE then made a comedy sketch of him walking around Donnybrook and everyone running up to him shouting 'Jimmy's Winning Matches!' as he kept trying to walk away faster!" "But to be honest I think this genuinely stems from his modesty, he always pushes how brilliant the team are and that they do the harder work, and deserve all the credit. "This is why in the 2024 revamp version I released I changed the final chorus lyrics to 'The Team are Winning Matches' . "However, when we see the effect he has had since his return as Donegal manager this past 2 years nobody can deny there is something very special about Jim McGuinness, so even if he gets modestly embarrassed by the song ... it's his own fault... for just constantly Winning Matches!" Rory appeared on Saturday's Up for the Match on RTE and will play at Dtwo in Dublin on Sunday following the final at 7pm.
Irish Independent
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Kerry and Donegal marriage ‘holding up' as All-Ireland final tension builds
And while no one has, as yet, been consigned to the spare bedroom, depending on how the big game pans out it might well have an occupant soon enough! The north Kerry couple from Lisselton have been here before. They were married prior to the 2014 final between Kerry and Donegal when they held a GAA style wedding. The couple made their grand entrance to the wedding reception on that special day to The Sunday Game theme tune. Of course, it comes as no surprise when one considers Pauline is part of Kerry football royalty being a niece of the late, great Tim Kennelly and cousin to All-Ireland winners, Noel and Tadgh. It's the kind of famous footballing link that lets Robert know exactly where he is. The hop ball started the second that Donegal beat Meath in the semi-final knowing Kerry were waiting. The couple attended both semi-finals in a show of solidarity with one another. However, the battle lines have now been drawn as Pauline and Robert retreat to their respective shades of green and gold. 'He is sitting next to me at night playing 'Jimmy's Winning Matches' on TikTok. The slagging has well and truly started but we're holding up,' Pauline told The Kerryman. 'It's so long since we last met in a big game so we're having great craic. It's lovely to see the flags up around the place. At least we can agree on the colour,' she laughs. Pauline feels Donegal are going to be hard to beat. But on the flip side, an easy semi-final win over Meath won't do them any favours. Robert has been digging Pauline over the fact Kerry always get 'an easy run' to the final every year. 'We'll be absolutely going, 100 per cent. Robert supported me in the semi-final, and I supported him in Donegal's semi-final. We came out on the good side of it. We'll meet up with Robert's family in Dublin before heading to Croker. They're all mad about Michael Murphy, they want it to be his year. If it was any other year I would agree with him,' she said. Being Tim Kennelly's niece naturally means football is that bit more personal to Pauline. Tim was a member of the star-studded Kerry side of the 1970s and '80s, captaining Kerry to All-Ireland glory in 1979 on an occasion that is still top of the Kennelly family's memory list. 'I would have been younger when he was in his prime. We always knew how famous he was. Even the amount of people that still talk about him today, they idolise him. We would have remembered the great times mom and dad had going to matches. They had great stories from travelling around the country watching Tim. 'I know my late mother and Tim are probably looking down at us and laughing at all this carry on. It's great for the family to have that connection. Hopefully, we can bring back Sam Maguire to Kerry. It's also been a great year for our local club man (Ballydonoghue) Jason Foley. He is having a super year for Kerry,' Pauline said.
