St. Mullin's are relieved as selector Micheal Ryan is recovering after falling ill during their Leinster SHC victory over Cuala on Sunday.
Mr Ryan was taken ill in the stands during the game and is believed to have suffered a heart attack, CPR and a defibrillator were also used, according to St. Mullin's player Pat Coady.
St. Mullin's secretary Michael Kehoe expressed the club's gratitude to their team doctor Dr Tom Foley, Cuala supporter Dr Niamh Murphy and nurses in the crowd that tended to Mr Ryan when he suffered the reported heart attack.
Swift medical care from Dr Murphy in the stands helped Mr Ryan, who was tended to in an ambulance which arrived on the field after the game was over, and stayed there for close to an hour.
“He’s obviously still in hospital, so hopefully now he’ll make a good recovery,” Kehoe told Irish Daily Star today.
“He was talking and all to the lads on Sunday night and this morning (Monday). It was very worrying at the time, but he had the right people around there to keep him right.
“Dr Tom Foley would have been there, and a doctor who was part of the Cuala supporters, Dr Niamh Murphy, and a couple of other nurses out of the stand, and the Order of Malta.
“We are very grateful to all of them. It’s a relief. It’s lucky he seems to be on the right road.”
The Carlow champions shocked the former two-in-a-row All-Ireland winners at Netwatch Cullen Park yesterday, running out 2-13 0-18 winners on the back of a 0-10 display from Carlow captain Marty Kavanagh, and goals from Jack Kavanagh and James Doyle.
They book a semi-final place against Rathdowney Errill of Laois, set for next weekend back in Carlow once again.
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