When Henry Shefflin announced his retirement at a press conference in March of 2015, one of the questions asked was whether Brian Cody had been emotional when he told him the news. Shefflin offered that quick, amused grin of his and an equally quick response. “What do you think?”
It was a terrific reply because the idea of either man ever going full Oprah about anything was and remains ridiculous. Cody and Shefflin are private people. Kilkenny is a county whose people possess an inherent suspicion of gushing emotion. And in Cody that quality is particularly sharp. He has a very low tolerance for hype or for questions or statements that are ill-considered or vague – and he has fielded many over the decades.
Watch any Cody interview and yo …
- May 1, 2022
