The special magic of hurling’s big day
Today is All-Ireland hurling final Sunday: a day like no other in the Irish sporting calendar, writes GAA historian Paul Rouse
This day ten years ago, Galway lost to Cork in an All-Ireland hurling final they could have won.
Several hours after the match, down a side-street in Drumcondra, two Galway men sat in silence on the bonnet of their Ford Escort, eating chips.
The car had been repainted in maroon-and-white stripes for the day. Hanging from its back window was a hand-painted advertisement. Two seats free in the back, it said, one for ...
