John Moloney - Galway Racecourse Manager

John Moloney - "He misses nothing!"

"He misses nothing, that John Moloney. A top man, " grins a pipe-smoking onlooker. "He could hear the grass growing. Did you see him on that TV3 programme the other night? Up from the crack of dawn. Preparing for this week these last twelve months. He hadn't even time to sit down while he was eating his breakfast cereal.

Checking his old-fashioned rain gauge. 'None of this modern computer model weather forecasting for me,' says he. 'If you can see Black Head out in Galway Bay, you know it has cleared.'

Walking the course. Prodding and poking at the turf to test the going. No stone left unturned.

Oh, it was well said that if you want a job done properly, give it to a busy man."