Making our way from a house party in Rialto to Ruta Live for daytime tunes on Sunday afternoon, the ever enlightening Paul V. and Davey brought me down to Ormond Square to see a plaque to Johnny Giles that I did not know existed.
The plaque itself is concealed in a low wall, opposite the house he was born in, and you would certainly miss it if you were not looking. The web tells me it was unveiled in July 2006.
All the time we were in Ormond Square, a bunch of young kids were playing football on the same green which was great to see.
Giles plaque, Ormond Square. (c) Jay Carax
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Come Here To Me! 
Nice !
That’s great – have just been reading his autobiography. Nice to see something there!
I met Johnny Giles in the airport on Wednesday afternoon here in Dublin, He was going on the same flight as me ,so I decided to see would he let me shake his hand. Well what a gentleman, not only did he shake my hand, we chatted about football for about 15 minutes, A true legend. And im a Man Utd fan,
No you’re not Marty – you’re a barstooler.
Wonder how he he feels about being the cockney ryhming slang for hemorhoids?
There is a Liam Whelan Bridge in Cabra too.