Boylan, Seán. Hayes, Liam (Ed.) The Boylan Years. One Man – One Team – Twenty Years (Inscribed Presentation Copy)

Lucan: Carr and Hayes (Sports Business and Entertainment Ltd.), 2002. First Edition. pp [vi], 429. Green cloth, gilt title on spine. Pictorial dust jacket showing Seán Boylan in Meath colours; lightly rubbed. A very good, clean copy. Signed and dated by Seán Boylan on the title-page:

“Great sporting memories touched on by the people that really matter —

The lads with the green & gold on their backs & Meath on the front.

Many thanks, Seán Boylan. Xmas 2002. Thank you.”

Edited by Liam Hayes; interviews by Philip Lanigan, Paul Keane and Gordon Manning. Printed by Colorprint Ltd., Dublin. Cover and interior photographs by Sportsfile; book design by Paul McElheron.

A fine association copy of this major illustrated record of Seán Boylan’s twenty-year stewardship of the Meath senior football team (1982 – 2002), chronicling four All-Ireland victories, numerous Leinster titles, and one of Gaelic football’s most admired managerial careers. Boylan’s longhand inscription warmly encapsulates his gratitude to the players who “wore the green and gold.” Copies bearing such an extended personal inscription are scarce.

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