Con Houlihan

Con Houlihan (6 December 1925 – 4 August 2012) was an Irish sports journalist who wrote for The Evening Press and The Sunday World for 6 decades. Quotes A man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything. Roy Greenslade http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/aug/06/ireland-irish-independent Con Houlihan, Ireland's premier sportswriter, dies at 86 The Guardian 6 August 2012 Paddy dashed back towards his goal like a woman who smells a cake burning. The ball won the race and it curled inside the near post as Paddy crashed into the outside of the net and lay against it like a fireman who had returned to find his station ablaze. The Evening Press, 25 September 1978. As reprinted in the Irish Independent following Houlihan's death. External links Category:2012 deaths Category:People from Ireland Category:Sports writers