Michael Bodkin (referee)
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Michael Bodkin is a Gaelic Athletic Association
inter-county referee
. A native of County Galway. He was nominated for the position of Assistant secretary for the Galway Hurling Board in 2009.
The Galway Independent of 8th September 2010 reported that Bodkin was hailed as a hero on Monday after preventing a tragedy as a fire gutted an agricultural business in Co Galway. Former inter-county referee Michael Bodkin raised the alarm and got neighbours to evacuate their houses as fire destroyed a co-op in Abbeyknockmoy where he is manager.
The fire destroyed the Arrabawn Co-Op in Newtown, north County Galway
. Bodkin was in time to alert neighbours but the building was destroyed in the fire, but firemen managed to prevent it from spreading to nearby houses. The blaze is believed to have begun shortly after 4 am.
According to Bodkin, There was little the fire brigade could do. It was gone out of control and was blazing. The building is gutted from top to bottom. I went to the McWalters’ house on one side and the Dalys on the other and made sure they were up and did not come to any harm, but the fire brigade managed to stop the fire spreading. It’s an awful thing to come into on a Monday morning. It’s a sad, sad sight. We don’t know yet what caused it, but there was bad lightning during the night. Whether it was that or something electrical, we just don’t know at this stage.
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
inter-county referee
Referee
A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...
. A native of County Galway. He was nominated for the position of Assistant secretary for the Galway Hurling Board in 2009.
The Galway Independent of 8th September 2010 reported that Bodkin was hailed as a hero on Monday after preventing a tragedy as a fire gutted an agricultural business in Co Galway. Former inter-county referee Michael Bodkin raised the alarm and got neighbours to evacuate their houses as fire destroyed a co-op in Abbeyknockmoy where he is manager.
The fire destroyed the Arrabawn Co-Op in Newtown, north County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
. Bodkin was in time to alert neighbours but the building was destroyed in the fire, but firemen managed to prevent it from spreading to nearby houses. The blaze is believed to have begun shortly after 4 am.
According to Bodkin, There was little the fire brigade could do. It was gone out of control and was blazing. The building is gutted from top to bottom. I went to the McWalters’ house on one side and the Dalys on the other and made sure they were up and did not come to any harm, but the fire brigade managed to stop the fire spreading. It’s an awful thing to come into on a Monday morning. It’s a sad, sad sight. We don’t know yet what caused it, but there was bad lightning during the night. Whether it was that or something electrical, we just don’t know at this stage.
External links
- http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=121008
- http://www.independent.ie/sport/wait-continues-for-derry-minors-371310.html
- http://athenrygaa.ie/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=87
- http://www.galwayindependent.com/local-news/local-news/ref-hailed-as-hero/