Owen Mulligan has revealed that he feels he doesn't deserve the last of his All-Ireland medals which he won against Kerry in 2008.
The three-time All-Ireland winner is the subject of Laochra Gael which will be aired tonight on TG4.
Mulligan discusses how a week before the final, himself and Raymond Mulgrew decided to go drinking given that two hadn't received much playing time in the games previous.
Mulligan had not started for Tyrone in any of their matches that summer.
Even though he was brought on in the second half of the 2008 final, the drinking episode the week previous has still left Mulligan feeling guilty (h/t Irish Examiner for the quotes).
We went for a nice bite to eat and met up with a friend I met in Australia. We had good craic and I said, ‘Raymie, we’ll take a pint of Guinness for iron purposes’. He said, ‘That’ll do’.
One thing led to another, and we had five pints and then the gin started and this was a week before the All-Ireland final. It wasn’t right because of the messing I did the week before but I got 15 minutes in the All-Ireland final, which I was grateful for.
We won the All-Ireland but I wouldn’t go to the celebrations. I just thought that I messed about too much that week, too much that year.
I was over the moon for the team, I was over the moon for the fans but as a player I just don’t think I merited that medal.
Owen Mulligan's Laochra Gael will be broadcast at 9:30pm tonight on TG4.
