We go again. The great old tangled jamboree of the Irish summer, underwayonce more. Well, spring/summer. The championship is never not in fashion.
Saturday in Wexford and Mullingar, in Enniskillen and Donnycarney. Sunday in Ruislip and Waterford, in Ballintemple and the Bronx. The flagship competitions of hurling and football start on Easter weekend. Novelty anywhere you look.
In a way, it’s entirely appropriate. For one thing, the hurling counties mostly gave up the league for Lent anyway. Roll away the rock behind which Limerick have been hiding for much of the past two months and you’ll most likely find a tactics board, a couple of bench presses and a gang …
- April 16, 2022
