‘My family straight away were buzzing. They couldn’t stop smiling’ – James Abankwah on the loan road to verge of senior Ireland debut
James Abankwah during an Ireland media conference at the FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
His father’s job, as a peripatetic preacher, meant that James Abankwah and the rest of the family had to get used to moving from place to place.
Hence, the spells that a young James spent in places like Waterford, Donegal, Longford and Dublin and why all four counties now claim a link to one of Irish football’s rising stars.
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