Drew Wylie is a

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er who plays for

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and at senior level for the Monaghan county team. He got himself an All-Star nom in 2013. Unusually for a Gaelic footballer, Wylie is actually a Protestant, which Cavan midfielder Gearoit McKiernan reminded him in the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup, instant red card for McKiernan from

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over that, then a ban for bad language over what is believed to be a first, a red card used for racist or sectarian abuse. He is a brother of

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. A full-back, married to Aoife and trained as a carpenter, he was part of the team that got to the All Ireland semi final in 2018, Kerry's

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and

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have also taunted Wylie, their family of Protestants have no ancestry in the GAA, he was brought in through living next to

Kieran Finlay Kieran "Jap" Finlay (died 2012) was a Gaelic footballer who played for Ballybay Pearse Brothers and at senior level for the Monaghan county team and the father of Paul Finlay. He had two Ulster Championship medals in his back pocket (from 197 ...

, the Monaghan player who is the father of Paul Finlay, Wylie went to Ballybay Central School and Castleblayney College, where no one played Gaelic.'There were grown men there with tears in their eyes' — Drew Wylie reflects on 2018
26 January 2019 Declan Bogue

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wylie, Drew Living people Ballybay Pearses Gaelic footballers Irish Protestants Monaghan inter-county Gaelic footballers Year of birth missing (living people)