Seán Cavanagh: The Obsession

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A 3-time All-Ireland and 5-time All Star winner, SEÁN CAVANAGH is of one of Gaelic football’s era-defining players.

“This obsession of mine has brought both joy and torment. But if you were to hand me back time, I would say 99 per cent of what I did, I would do all over again.”

Since he first ran out onto the pitch at the age of 19, Seán’s relentless train-play-sleep-repeat fed an insatiable quest for perfection and made him a permanent fixture in the Tyrone team. His uncompromising style led to glory, but his obsession took its toll on body and mind, and on those around him.

Here is Seán’s no-holds-barred account of his fearless drive to dominate his sport. He takes us behind the scenes of the GAA: the controversies with manager Mickey Harte, the brutal training regimes, the sacrifices and tragedies. He talks of games won – Tyrone’s iconic victory in the 2008 All-Ireland Final, the career-capping 2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship win – and of games lost, the players and their rivalries, and of his childhood during the Troubles.

Hard-hitting, provocative and compelling, THE OBSESSION reveals the drive that made Seán Cavanagh a legend of the game and the man he is today.

Product Details

Published: 13th June 2019
Format: Paperback 198x129mm
Extent: 352 pages
ISBN: 9781785302435

Author

SEÁN CAVANAGH is one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of all time. A threetime All-Ireland winner and five-time All Star, Cavanagh was crowned Footballer of the Year in 2008 and captained Ireland in the International Rules series. He holds the record for the highest number of appearances (89) for an outfield inter-county footballer and was a permanent fixture in the Tyrone team after his debut in 2002. Early in 2018 he ended his career with an unexpected All-Ireland Intermediate Championship title with his final club, Moy.

The Obsession is Seán Cavanagh's autobiography, co-written with Damian Lawlor.

Damian Lawlor is an award-winning writer and six-time author. His books have been regularly shortlisted for awards, including I Crossed the Line – The Liam Dunne Story, All In My Head: The Autobiography by Lar Corbett, and Fields of Fire. Damian is also a successful broadcaster working with Sky Sports GAA and RTÉ Radio One. Damian served as an U-17 Tipperary football selector in the past and is currently with the county’s U-20 team. The Tipperary native is married to Ruth and they have three children, Aaron, Jamie and Chloe.

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