Tributes paid to Galway football legend Tom 'Pook' Dillon R.I.P

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Tributes paid to Galway football legend Tom 'Pook' Dillon R.I.P

Tributes are being paid this morning to the late Tom “Pook” Dillon who passed away yesterday evening at the age of 93.

Tom (pictured above with fellow clubmen Padraig and Cathal Mannion with the Liam McCarthy Cup in 2017) was left cornerback on the Galway team who won the 1956 All-Ireland Senior football final when they beat Cork by 2-13 to 3-7 and was at the time of his passing president of Ahascragh/Fohenagh GAA Club. In an interview with Ollie Turner in 2015, Tom spoke about the importance of Galway's victory in 1956...

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