‘If I still have the appetite and the body is able, I just get out there and see where I’m at’

In the latest instalment of our vintage veteran series, Ciarán McManus (49) recalls how his first ‘retirement’, a decade ago, did not last beyond the next game

Ciarán McManus is still going strong for Tubber at the age of 49, with a big game against Daingean next weekend in the Offaly senior ‘B’ championship looming.

Ciarán McManus reaches what you might term a significant milestone next year. One of those beloved roundy birthdays.

However, turning the big Five-O will not be a philosophical watershed, or even a catalyst for one of those life-changing decisions like . . . well, giving up football.

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