BOYLAN, Seán. The Will to Win (Signed by Sean Boylan)

The Autobiography as told to John Quinn. Dublin: The O’Brien Press, [2005]. First Edition. Octavo. pp. 269, with photographic plates. Green cloth, titled in yellow on spine. A very good, clean copy; edges lightly toned as usual; in a bright pictorial dust jacket showing minimal handling marks. Signed by Seán Boylan on the title-page.

Boylan’s The Will to Win remains the principal published life of one of the most influential figures in modern Gaelic games. His twenty-three-year tenure as Meath senior football manager yielded four All-Ireland titles, three League titles, and a transformative period in Meath sporting culture.

Told to broadcaster and writer John Quinn, the autobiography intertwines Boylan’s sporting achievements with the lesser-known aspects of his life: his herbalist background at the famed Dunboyne Clinic, his philosophy of player welfare, and his personal reflections on leadership, discipline, and community.

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