Behind all great men are more women than you know about

There are those among us mere mortal men who have 'a great way with women', as they say. Such men, blessed with that mysterious component, can get women to do just about anything they ask of them.I refer in particular to current exponents of the art, such as Berlusconi, Sarkozy, Mangan and Leahy.My brother, Fechin, has a theory about the females of every species always gravitating toward the strongest stag leader, that being nature's way of constantly improving the breeding of the herd… but I'll let him tell you himself!One way or the other, there is no doubt but that the appeal of the strong and powerful does entice the opposite sex to gravitate towards great men.French leader Monsieur Sarkozy not only landed the beautiful Carla Bruni, but is also linked to half the good-looking women in France.His Italian counterpart, Senior Berlusconi, is claimed to have had as many as eight women in bed at the same time.As a matter of record, dear informed readers, can any of you tell me what you might do with eight women in a bed when you only have one… ah never mind…How, why and whatever the aforementioned French and Italian supremos have accomplished in their chosen sports, it all pales into insignificance as against what has been achieved by our two great Westmeath leaders with their female followers.Alan Mangan and Peter Leahy took their special group of young sportswomen, inspired them by their leadership skills, and turned them into all-Ireland champions.They instilled a belief and a vision of being the best that they could be - which turned out to be All-Ireland Ladies Intermediate Football Champions. That is undoubtedly the right sort of 'a way with women' - so heartiest congratulations to all concerned.Like we said at the outset, great leaders of men have always had a battalion of women followers who would do anything for them - except play football methinks! John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, were all serious womanisers.Now at this juncture we need to point out that the word 'womaniser' has got a bad name in recent years - perhaps unfairly. All it says about a man is that he likes women and they like him… I think.I had to qualify this fact before introducing our next womaniser, the architect of our nation, Michael Collins.It is well documented as to how President Bill Clinton whiled away his spare time during his term in the Oral… oops, my spelling again; of course that should read Oval Office.But Kennedy and Clinton were doing nothing different than their founding father, Benjamin Franklin, who was a serial womaniser. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy in tragic circumstances, once boasted that he had more women than Kennedy had breakfasts.Fidel Castro is said to have his offspring scattered all over Cuba and similar legacies have been left in their respective countries by Leonid Brezhnev, Che Guevara and Mao Tse-tung.Winston Churchill had an ever-changing string of ladies hanging from his coat tails, as did also Canadian premier. Pierre Trudeau.This penchant of attracting the opposite sex does not confine itself to presidents and politicians, but to all men who are strong leaders in whatever field. The top men in business, sport and showbusiness all appear to have this mysterious gene of attraction.In fact, all who are any sort of leaders of the pack have this X-factor.The real Oskar Schindler, of whom the film, Shindler's List was based, was always able to make time for another woman. So too were Howard Hughes, Donald Trump and Charles Dickens. We could go on, but go back as far as you like and it was ever thus; Samson had 100 women to choose from at the same time.Hugh Hefner made the women in his life the primary core of his business because he had that leader-bull quality we mentioned, and it is most likely that Hugheen would have been a success irrespective of whatever path he found himself upon.Sam Manekshaw, whose feats while fighting the Japanese are the stuff of legend, and who later became the hero of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, openly claimed that womanisers make the best leaders. His fellow Indian iconic leader, Nehru, was known for his fondness of many women as well.I think now we have pretty well established that the leaders of the pack need more than one woman to keep them going. This rule applies the same to politics, business, sport and entertainment.The Gorgeous Gael, Jack Doyle, was a prime example - as was also George Best. Leading footballers like Ronaldo or Rooney cannot help themselves and are only partaking of what they are entitled to. Those who are out there breaking new ground like Tiger Woods and Enda Kenny... I'm only joking, Enda, just a joke… you know me!But the best leaders of all are those who really know what to do with a pack of women when they get them: Stand up Mangan and Leahy!And lads, I wasn't going to mention this fact at all - just in case any of you are having trouble at home at the moment, but I have to tell you that the same rule applies to great women leaders as well.Catherine The Great was a notorious maniser (there has to be such a word as maniser?) and Cleopatra was never without one man and a spare on standby.Australia's greatest Olympian, the swimmer, Dawn Fraser, always had to have sex before her big races. Closer to home, our own Queen Maeve and Grace O'Malley used eat men for breakfast; and as for Dana… oops… me and my big mouth again…!Don't ForgetWe herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people.