The death has occurred of Christo Hand, who was left half back on Meath's first All-Ireland Senior Football winning team in 1949.
He filled the same position on four Leinster winning sides and for the National Football League success in New York in 1951.
Hand had the distinction of figuring on county SFC winning teams in two counties, for Seán McDermott's in Dublin in 1947 and for St Vincent's (Ardcath) in Meath in 1955.
Sports History Ireland is holding its second annual conference this morning in NUI Maynooth.
Running from 9.30am to 5pm, it will feature topics as diverse as the 1888 All-Ireland hurling final, the Springboks's tour of Ireland in 1970 and Muhammed Ali's visit to Dublin in 1972 for a bout with Al Lewis.
Admission is €10 with €5 concessions available for students and OAPs.
OFFALY (SH) v Cork: B Mullins; B O'Meara, P Cleary, D Franks; K Brady, G Oakley, R Hanniffey; G Hanniffey, M Cordial; D Hayden, M O'Hara, B Murphy; B Carroll, J Bergin, A Egan.
CLARIFICATION
The chairman of the Clare County Board of the GAA, Michael McDonagh, did not name any individual to The Irish Times when confirming in a report in yesterday's paper that he had made a complaint to gardaí over a phone call he received last Sunday relating to Gaelic games matters in the county.
