Tommy Conlon: We don’t need Hurling Man to remind us which of the two native sports is the jewel in the GAA’s crown
Cork's Ciaran Joyce is pursued by Clare players during their Munster Championship clash. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile
Heretical though it might be for someone who grew up in a Gaelic football heartland, but there are moments every summer when you just wish the GAA had concentrated on the hurling from day one.
That back in 1884 Michael Cusack and Maurice Davin and John Wyse Power et al said, lads, we’re going for the small ball and the small ball only. We are going to revive the ancient game of the Gael and the essential tool of our task will be a penknife, the better to burst any football that appears on or near a field of play.
