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Padraig O'Hora in action for Mayo.
Quickfire Questions
Name: Padraig O'Hora
Age: 30
From: Ballina
Occupation: Youth justice worker/Mayo Mental Health Association
Your mood right now in three words?
Not too bad.
Best thing about being your age?
Not being any older.
Best thing about being from your town?
The people and community are top class.
Favourite Mayo player?
James Carr. Because (1) he is sounder than Jordan Flynn; (2) The Junction; (3) Man loves scoring goals.
What’s your guilty pleasure TV show?
Desperate Housewives.
What’s your most prized possession?
Runners.
One old match you’d love to watch back?
Celtics vs Suns, Game 5, 1976.
Favourite team-mate?
Frank Irwin. He doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going.
Celebrity you’d most like to hang out with?
Theo Von, for the craic.
Favourite post-match meal?
Chicken. Dry, hot and spicy.
Favourite song to get 'up' for a match?
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
Last book you read?
Ranger 22.
Thing that makes you nervous?
The unknown and deadlines.
Favourite other sporting team?
Lakers in the Kobe era. Why? Kobe.
Best advice you ever got?
If you always do what you always did, then you will always get what you always got.
Last time you cried?
Watching The Lion King.
What winning a county title would mean in three words?
Huge for town.
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