Sports biography. Wexford GAA. Wexford’s All-Ireland winning hero Tony Doran was a giant in the game of hurling through the 1960s, 70s and 80s, at a time when full-forwards were ordered to plunder goals. In his 19 years and 187 appearances as a Wexford hurler, Tony Doran successfully went for goal 131 times.But Doran also played against giants from Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork, and so many other counties, at a time when the game of hurling tested the wits and the courage of every man on the field. Some of these men became giants. ‘A Land of Men and Giants’ is the story told by Tony Doran of a life spent living and competing against legendary men and true giants of the game.‘A Land of Men and Giants: The Autobiography of Tony Doran’ is edited by award-winning writer and author Liam Hayes.
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