Wicklow man’s path from UCD to Celtic saw many setbacks they did not hold back Ireland’s quiet man

Liam Scales was part of ‘the moment’ in Ireland’s Hungary win having taken the path less travelled to international football
Is é an bóthar is faide amach an bóthar is giorra isteach
The moment, as everyone now calls it, has been labelled a miraculous one. But was it really simply an answer to anguished prayer?