Sean Boylan

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4. ^ 'Brilliant', 'Inspirational', 'Gentleman' - tributes pour in after Sean Boylan documentary". The 42. 7 August 2020 2020.
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11. ^ 'The terror, the fear. It was uncanny, it was unreal'". Hogan Stand. 17 January 2021 2021.Duffy, Emma (17 January 2021). "'The terror, the fear — it was uncanny. I was never as afraid of anything in my life'". The42.ie 2021. Boylan, who managed his native Royal county to four All-Ireland titles in a remarkable 23-year tenure, told RTÉ's Sunday Sport how he was 'just terrified' as the virus hit him 'like a bolt' last March. 'It's such a dangerous thing', the 77-year-old said. 'I'm speaking as somebody who went for a vaccination for pneumonia and the flu. Some six days later, I wasn't feeling well. It turned out that I had Covid'... Boylan, who turned 77 in December and previously fought a battle with prostate cancer in 2009..."'The terror, the fear, was unreal. I lost ten kilos in six days' - Sean Boylan opens up on Covid battle". Irish Independent. 18 January 2021 2021. Speaking to Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio One, Boylan revealed that although he has now made a full recovery, it was a long and scary process. 'I ended up in hospital and was discharged from hospital on March 31st', he said."Seán Boylan: There are positive signs in Meath football". RTÉ Sport. 17 January 2021 2021. A routine trip for a flu vaccination ended with Boylan eventually being taken to hospital. He would go on to test positive for Covid-19, and he says it took him six weeks to get back to feeling normal... 'I was never healthier, fit as a fiddle. I lost 10 kilos in six days. the[sic] people in Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown couldn't have been nicer to me'.
12. ^ 'It baffles me... I'm saying that as someone who suffered with Covid' – GAA legend Seán Boylan on Dubs' secret training". Irish Independent 2021.