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REVEALED: The Derry sporting Mount Rushmore | OTB AM

And so the Derry Sporting Mt Rushmore is in the books. Irish News sports journalist Cahair O'Kane...



REVEALED: The Derry sporting M...
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REVEALED: The Derry sporting Mount Rushmore | OTB AM

And so the Derry Sporting Mt Rushmore is in the books.

Irish News sports journalist Cahair O'Kane and Derry footballer Chrissy McKaigue joined OTB AM to settle on their final four.

The Derry Mt Rushmore selections are...

Eamonn Coleman

rushmore 7 May 2000 ; Derry Management team, from left, Damien Cassidy, Brendan McCrory, Eamonn Coleman and Martin McElkennon before the match. Derry v Meath, National Football League Final, Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE

The man who masterminded that 1993 success, manager Eamonn Coleman, was also an All-Ireland minor winner as a player and he also enjoyed Westmeath Senior Football success with Athlone during his time working in the Lake County.

His side edged-out Cork in that All Ireland final, posting 1-14 while Cork scored 2-8.

Anthony Tohill

rushmore 22 July 2001; Derry captain Anthony Tohill leads his team in the pre-match parade. Derry v Cavan, Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Football Championship Qualifier, Round 4, St Tighearnach's Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan. Picture credit; Damien Eagers / SPORTSFILE

The Oak Leaf county is blessed with options in gaelic football with Anthony Tohill getting the nod on this occasion.

The Swatragh man collected All-Ireland winners medals at both senior and minor level and he was also a Hogan Cup and Sigerson Cup winner during this student days. Tohill landed four All-Starts during his senior inter-county career and captained and managed the Irish International Rules team.

Jason Smyth

rushmore 13 November 2019; Team Ireland's Jason Smyth, from Derry, after winning the T13 100m Final during day seven of the World Para Athletics Championships 2019 at Dubai Club for People of Determination Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ben Booth/Sportsfile

Jason Smyth is the world's fastest Paralympian with five Paralympics gold medals across the T-13 100-metres and 200-metres, eight world golds and six European golds as well as a world indoors gold.

He was picked by Chrissy McKaigue to be added to the final list instead of European Cup-winner and former Ireland manager Martin O'Neill.

Harry Gregg

rushmore Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg makes a flying save

Busby Babes' goalkeeper and Munich Air Crash survivor Harry Gregg, who helped to drag teammates from the burning plane, rounded off the list.

He played for the Red Devils over 200 times, and represented Northern Ireland at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden - where he was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

OTB got the chance to speak to him in 2008.

Missed any of our Mount Rushmore county-by-county series? Watch back all episodes here! 

Here is Nathan Murphy's selection of Mayo

Here is Colm Boohig's selection of Cork

Here is Will O'Callaghan and Paul Rouse's selection of Offaly

Here is Shane Hannon and Gráinne McElwain's selection of Monaghan

Here is Diarmuid Lyng and Liam Griffin's selection of Wexford

Here is Neil Treacy and Jack Anderson's selection of Limerick

Here is Enda Coll and Kieran Cunningham's selection of Donegal

Here is Máire-Treasa Nic-Cheallaigh and Michael Lyster's selection of Galway

Here is Adrian Barry and Conor Moore's selection of Westmeath

Here is Ronan Mullen and Dan McDonnell's selection of Louth

Here is Alan Quinlan and Michael Quinlivan's selection of Tipperary

Here is Tommy Rooney and Hector Ó'hEochagáin's selection of Meath

Here is Conor Deegan and Donal O'Neill's selection of Down

Here is Ger Gilroy and Joe Molloy's selection of Kildare

Here is Thom Malone and Paul Howard's selection of Wicklow

Here is Dave McIntyre and Paul Fitzpatrick's selection of Cavan

Here is Arthur O'Dea and Alan Cawley's selection of Sligo

Here is Eoin Sheahan and Kieran Donaghy's selection of Kerry

Here is Cliona Foley and Shane Keegan's selection of Laois

Here is Enda McGinley and Orla Bannon's selection of Tyrone

Here is Oisin Langan and Jessie Barr's selection of Waterford

Here is Enda McEvoy and Gary Halpin's selection of Kilkenny

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