LEESIDE FOOTBALL LEGEND Graham Canty has brought the curtain down on his intercounty career today.
“There are no regrets, certainly,” he told the Irish Examiner. “I’m glad to be finishing up with Cork while the body is in good enough nick. I’ll be continuing with the club, 100%. When you’re playing inter-county, you don’t train with your club, realistically, so I’ll be glad to fall back in with the lads in Bantry again.
“It was a great honour to play for Cork, and to captain Cork, obviously, but it was also hugely enjoyable. I was very lucky to have such great support from family, from my club, from the various management teams, all of which allowed me to play for Cork.”
The West Cork man skippered the county to a Sam Maguire win in 2010; here’s some of our favourite images from his time at the top level:
With Padraig Joyce of Galway in 2001
Going head to head with Australia’s Barry Hall
Leader off the pitch at player meeting in turbulent 2009
He’s not around that long, right? At a league launch photo shoot…
Leading out the Cork players at Croke Park
Canty and Kieran Donaghy in Killarney
At last: lifting the Sam Maguire in 2010
And being presented with his Allstar award the same year
Ready for another Munster final meeting with Colm Cooper’s Kerry
Bernard Brogan and Michael Conway tackle Canty in an interprovincial tie
In full flight at Croker
All pics: Inpho
Thanks graham for all those great memories
A colossal player.
Legend of a player. Thanks for all your service to the Cork team and the Gaa. Yourself, Noel and Paudie will be missed. Rebels Abu!
Great servant and all but not surprising hes moving on. Cork needed a clear out to let this team develop
Legend
Sad to see him retiring. Those are big gloves to fill!!
Best wishes to a Cork legend who always gave 100% to the Cork Jersey. Thanks for all the great memories.
A mighty hearted player allways give 120 percent to the cause either for cork or ireland. Up the kindom!!
Excellent player and servant for Cork. Always a pity to see players like that retire. Love the photo of him squaring up to Barry Hall!
Great Player, enjoy the retirement Graham.
What a servant. So commited and passionate, big loss but time waits on no man. Owes Cork GAA nothing.
Fantastic player and it was great to see him captain cork to glory in 2010.enjoy retirement Graham.
That’s not joe bergin
thanks Geraldine.
1 player I never liked actually couldn’t stand him to be honest but in fairness to the man he was a super super player and another big loss to game
That says more about you than anything..
legend
Gent and legend on and off the field.