HELL FOR LEATHER
12 June 2025
Hell for Leather is the new epic five part series on Gaelic Football which started on RTE on Monday.
Episodes 1 and 2 are on the RTE Player. Episode 2 features the seismic breakthrough by Down in the 1960s, and there is a particular focus on the revolutionary impact that Aghaderg’s Joe Lennon had on coaching the game and his unique place in the annals of football. In this episode, Peter McGrath describes Joe as “a defining person in terms of how Gaelic Football came into the modern era”.
Episode 2 is now available on the RTE Player.