Two well-known members of the Letterkenny 24/7 Triathlon Club reached equal milestones this week.
We didn’t want to give away the ages of Liam Tinney or Paul Gallagher.
But let’s just say they’re no longer in their 30s and haven’t reached 41 yet.
‘Friends’ of the popular lads decided to pen tributes to them.
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Happy birthday lads!
Liam “I wore an Austin Powers outfit to my First Holy Communion” Tinney is about as popular a guy as you are likely to meet – particularly among those who don’t really know him!
Is it his ever-present good humour (especially when tired)? Perhaps. Is it his never-say-die attitude in triathlon races (Hazelwood!)? Maybe. Or is it just that he sleeps in an oxygen tank so will always look about twelve years old?! Whatever the reason, those closest to the boss at TInney’s Toys wanted to mark his MASSIVE 40th birthday, and to make sure he got properly celebrated. It is said that Tinney’s favourite big-birthday present was the opportunity to meet and train with his hero, Cathal “Buns of Steel” Roarty. A big tick on the bucket list.
Paul “Butter Wouldn’t Melt” Cullen (not bloody half) is another in the long line of sporting greats to come form the athlete factory that is, Hawthorn Heights. Greatly admired for his ability swim effortlessly (behind someone else), his prowess as an endurance cyclist is famous across the land (!!!!). Most notably, Paul (who by his appearance should perhaps drink Regain for breakfast instead of his preferred anti-aging cream) has finally begun to emerge from the shadow of his sporting inspiration – not Michael Murphy or Carl Lewis – but the wildly good looking and unimaginably charming, Paul “Saucy” Doherty. As Doherty has begun to show wear over time, Cullen has overtaken his once great master! Just like Tinney now keeps pace with his hero, so too has Cullen come of age – all forty years of it!
All at Letterkenny’s 24/7 Triathlon Club, their families and also the Letterkenny Take-away Association wanted to wish the boys well. We are SO PROUD of these fine, fine athletes!!