Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO WHEN KIERAN DONAGHY waged war on the Mayo full-back line in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final replay in Limerick, Irish rugby legend Paul O’Connell was in the Gaelic Grounds to watch the chaos unfold. As it happened, O’Connell found himself sitting alongside Kerry hero Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston. An iconic full-forward in his own day, Liston naturally kept a close eye on Donaghy, who at 32-years-old was experiencing his second coming in the Kerry jersey. Chlorine handbook orica. Metal Bulletin's 5th Asian Bauxite & Alumina Conference will take place in the bustling commodities hub of Singapore on the 22-23 October.More details » Get Price • Surface mining - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAs each long strip is excavated, the overburden is placed in the excavation. Previous: Next: • Modular & Manufactured Homes| Hawks Homes| ArkansasSee the world's largest double wide and single wide homes, triple wides homes. Manufactured homes into the following states: Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma.More details » Get Price• Details| 21st Bauxite and Alumina Conference| AMM EventsFeb 24, 2015. ![]() “Bomber Liston just told me ‘Donaghy is using his arse beautifully,’” O’Connell tweeted during the second-half. Bomber Liston just told me 'Donaghy is using his arse beautifully'— Paul O'Connell (@Paul_OConnell) Donaghy’s 6’5″ frame, soft hands and deceptive speed on the ground helped him become one of the most influential players of his generation. But as Liston observed, one of Donaghy’s more underestimated qualities was his ability to hold off opponents with his backside. Donaghy’s ‘arse-work’ gave him enough space to catch deliveries inside or at least direct them towards a team-mate. It was a move he perfected on the basketball court. The sport once Donaghy’s first love and remains a huge part of his life. ”I’m a basketballer playing football,” he reflected this week. “It’s a role that there weren’t too many other fellas doing. It gave us a different option. Charleston Allergy and Asthma. 1 2 3 15 Next ». © 2018 Sponsored Content| Post and Courier - Charleston, SC. All rights reserved. There were times in my career when it worked very well but there were also times when it didn’t work. “When it works, it’s good, and it’s an exciting brand of football. The people of Kerry have a real warmth with me because we were playing that way, there were high balls going in and I was managing to get my hands on a few of them.” And now his days in the Kerry jersey are over, Donaghy won’t need to wait long to get his adrenaline fix of elite level sport. ![]() This weekend, he’ll lead his Garvey’s Tralee Warriors side into a two-day pre-season basketball tournament at Templeogue Basketball Club ahead of the new Super League campaign. Donaghy played a big role in founding the Warriors club in 2015 as he juggled playing football with Kerry and Austin Stacks, family life and working with PST Sport. His influence was vital as two rival clubs in Tralee joined forces to bring Super League basketball back to the town. — Garveys Warriors (@warriors_bc) Donaghy’s mission was to make their home ties not just a “game but a show”. “We kill the lights for the player introductions and we turn on our lasers and spotlights and we’ve got the music blaring when the players come on,” he said in 2016. The games at Tralee Sports Complex regularly draw crowds of 800 fans, which is roughly 4% of the town’s population. NBA-style walk-outs, pre-game music, a team mascot and a lively PA announcer added some glamour to the nights, but the main attraction was ‘Star’. At least he was until a young American by the name of Trae Pemberton walked through the doors. Kieran Donaghy takes free throw as Trae Pemberton watches on Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO ********** Trae Pemberton arrived in Tralee in 2016 not knowing quite what to expect. He grew up in Indiana and spent four years playing college hoops with Maryville in St Louis, Missouri. He scored 1126 points across four seasons with the Division II side, finishing in 14th place on their all-time scoring list. Pemberton made the all-conference team in his senior year which saw him average 16 points per game. He graduated with a degree in Sports Business Management but decided he wanted to see where basketball would take him. One of Pemberton’s former coaches reached out to a coach in Ireland who was on the look-out for international players – Mark Bernsen of the Tralee Warriors. “The rest is history from there I guess,” Pemberton tells The42. He signed a professional contract with Tralee and packed his bags for a new adventure across the Atlantic. “I had no idea what to expect,” he continues. “Mark was telling me different things and looking back now he was spot on with how he laid it out for me, in so far as how nice the people are. They were looking out for you all the time and the town really rallied around the team and you and take care of you. “He was spot on with that. Going from college to that town was kind of similar in some ways in the fact that the school I went to was a bit smaller. Everybody knew each other which I liked so that really wasn’t too big of a transition. Trae Pemberton in action against UCC Demons Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO “I had to get used to some of the different slang words and people talking a bit faster, that took me a week or two. Other than that it was fine.” Bernsen was excited to pair up Pemberton up with the team’s other high-profile guard Kieran Donaghy. “You’re going to be playing with Kieran Donaghy.
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