“‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less,’”
– Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass.
Watching Limerick dismantle Cork – again – raised a few questions and one of them was about the hurling league. The All-Ireland champions and Kilkenny in their pomp would be nobody’s idea of Humpty Dumpty but it has become clear that in both cases, the league meant exactly what they chose it to mean.
It had even become a frustration in Cork that the county had gone since 1998 without winning the Croke Cup. After all, such success didn’t do Kilkenny any harm. …
- April 20, 2022
