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The story of two extraordinary Men in Irish History. Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire, have the two GAA Championship trophies named after them. The Liam MacCarthy Hurling Trophy and The Sam Maguire Football Trophy.Everyone knows about the hurling and football trophies presented to the winners of the respectful games by the GAA every September in Croke Park in Dublin.Little is known of the men whom the trophies are named after, or how they managed to have such prestigious cups named after them.Every Irish person would be proud to know that these two herioc men helped carve and shape the London GAA in it's infancy, and worked closely with people like Michael Collins and Patrick Pearse.They helped in the formation of the 1916 Government through fundraising and their involvment with the IRB (Irish Republician Brotherhood)They lived and worked to safegaurd the heritage of Ireland