‘My father played for Galway. Sadly he didn’t pass the genes on to me’ – The Saw Doctors’ Leo Moran on his mad passion for Gaelic football

‘My father played for Galway. Sadly he didn’t pass the genes on to me’ – The Saw Doctors’ Leo Moran on his mad passion for Gaelic football

Guitarist talks to John Scally about the twin flames of GAA and music in this extract from the book ‘Where Heroes are Made’

Leo Moran of The Saw Doctors performs at Electric Picnic on August 29 in Stradbally, Co Laois. Photo: Kieran Frost/Redferns

He is the man who lives by his own lyric: Maroon and White Forever . As a passionate fan of Gaelic football in particular, Leo Moran is proud that The Saw Doctors have become part of the furniture of the GAA.

In 2009, the GAA began its 125th year celebration with a Late Late Show special devoted entirely to the Association’s history. The opening of the show was The Saw Doctors’ rousing rendition of N1