This interview took place in 2000:
Ann has just won the C section of the Hibernian Tennis Club Championships at Castlebar Tennis Club.
She is about to try to break her own record of winning 3 Presidents Prizes in a row by adding a fourth. You’ll be able to see her playing for Currane ladies on Sunday 5th in the GAA semifinal and, to top all of that she will be appearing in the pantomime Aladdin at the Travellers Friend, Castlebar in the new year. (Tickets available from the Travellers Friend or Downtown records, Castlebar)
It goes without saying that she must also be every organised in order to fit all of this in. Is there anything she can’t do?
She took some time out from her extremely hectic schedule to answer our questionnaire:
| Name: | Ann Sweeney |
| What do you do? | Legal Secretary |
| Favourite drink: | Budweiser |
| Favourite food: | Chicken |
| Favourite book: | Wings by Danielle Steel |
| Favourite film: | The Bodyguard |
| Favourite band: | Travis, David Gray and Bryan Adams |
| Best gig: | Bryan Adams at The Point, 1999 |
| What would you do if you won the lottery? |
Take a very long cruise around the world |
| What do you most like about Currane? | The people – they’re so friendly and the scenery which is hard to beat |
| Suggest something that would improve the area: | More employment |
| Favourite football team? | Man Utd (I had to say that!) |
| How many sports are you involved in? |
Tennis (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) Soccer (Castlebar and Galway) Football (Currane and Achill) Badminton |
| Which person would you most like to meet? |
Steffi Graff because of her great success and long career |
| What’s your favourite night out? | The TF (Travellers Friend in Castlebar) on a Sunday |
| What is the worst feeling in the world? | Losing a match when you expected to win |
| What is the best feeling in the world? | Taking off in a plane- I’d love to be a pilot! |
| What is the best holiday you’ve had? | 3 weeks in Chicago this summer |
| Do you have any ambitions? | To travel the world. I’m off to Scotland shortly and I’m very much looking forward to visiting Australia |
| Where do you see yourself in ten years time? | I would like to still be involved in sport, enjoying life and still living in the West of Ireland. |
| Which Coronation Street character would you most like to be? | Linda- she’s gas! |
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