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Jack was a lovely land in fairness.
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All those dealt with Jack.
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I had good things to say about him.
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I first met him, I think it was January last year.
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Shane O'Rourke was our SNC coach,
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we were senior footballers.
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Jack was a student in Trillee under Shane.
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And Shane brought him along, I suppose,
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for a work experience to Sean O'Rourke,
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to still have involved in being a SNC coach
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for a senior into county set up.
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And I met Jack of an interim,
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we were going to reach their start of the league last year.
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First time I had a good chapter in,
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let's say, about his background.
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And so on, so he knew more.
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I knew he was living down around Brough,
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but he knew more people in West-Hair, obviously,
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his 20s, his form of years,
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back there in a country school in Kuki,
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and he knew more lads from my own club,
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never owned, and he did, you know, people down around the Brough area.
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So it seemed to be in that.
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So he was a young man, obviously,
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forging potential future career for himself while he was studying.
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General O'Rourke recommended him to Dermak Hockland,
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as an instance, he coached for around the 24-bothers
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and Dermas and Dermani, non-court,
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and Brian Kahnstein had a good things to say about him.
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You know, he got on very well with the players,
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and had a great rapport with the players,
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obviously, his peers, he was just 20 himself,
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so he was at their level, I suppose.
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And, yeah, that had a good preseason,
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and just got underway in last Saturday
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with the first round of the under-2D football championship,
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had a good win, and we're all celebrating that,
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obviously, on Saturday evening,
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why not, fortunately,
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tragic events unfolded afterwards.
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So it was very sad last and very sudden,
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and unexpected, obviously,
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and very tragic, obviously, for his family,
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in particular, with his friends,
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and the cohort, you know, that he knew him there.
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You mentioned the role that he played
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as strength and conditioning coach
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of the under-20 footballers,
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and the statement released by Claire Gia,
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saying that he helped guide them
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to an opening round win on Saturday afternoon last,
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would it be fair to say,
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here in that even at a young age,
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Jack made a significant contribution to Gia and Claire?
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He did indeed, sure, yeah.
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I mean, he was, as I said,
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with our seniors last year,
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just learning ropes as a boss,
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and then he'd take another role as a SNC coach
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for those young men this year.
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So, you know, the strategic issue,
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obviously, he's a big part of the games now.
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So he was, obviously, you know,
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sharing his knowledge and what he had learned
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to, you know, to the lands who were affected,
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his peers in age, and you know,
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it certainly seemed to be getting on very well with him,
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and they were all enjoying their time working with him,
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and that's so, yeah, he had, obviously,
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knowledge that he was willing to share with him,
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and, you know, doing his best to help him to develop
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So it's very sad, you know,
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for that group in particular, you know,
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that he's gone so suddenly,
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so unexpectedly and so tragically.
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Whenever people talk about the benefits of the GAA
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and getting involved, one of the words that invariably comes up
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Will that sense of community be of comfort to Jack's friends
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and colleagues at this time?
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I hope so, I hope so, Sean, yeah.
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It's very difficult, and it's difficult for us
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as grown mature people, I suppose,
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to understand, to comprehend, you know,
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to take home with them,
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so something so that's not dramatic and unexpected,
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like this, obviously, for lads of 19 and 20 years of age,
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it's even more difficult, you know,
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for raised friends, for the boys and girls
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that knew him well, I saw many of them there yesterday
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up from Kilkie in the West,
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and that, you know, very sad,
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with what unfolded at the end of the search yesterday,
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and obviously over the couple days beforehand, you know,
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and obviously, community got out to try to find Jack
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when we had hoped that he might be found somewhere
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around Lake Jerry and so on, you know,
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hundreds of people out searching
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and hoping, you know, that there might be a better outcome
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in the circumstances that turned out,
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but yes, I mean, obviously, wraparams around those,
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that are most affected, you know, his family, obviously,
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are the most affected by his had passing,
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and, you know, we give them whatever support we can
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and the same for our players and for his friends,
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and, you know, those that have a new Jack,
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you know, he'll be missed, sadly missed,
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and we have the safe to try and do our best
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to support him, to comfort him in this desperate time.