Versatile Devaney a legend in blue and gold

Sixty years ago, Tipperary had a youngster on the bench for one of the great Munster hurling finals.

Cork and Tipperary fought out a classic of the genre in the Gaelic Grounds, and though 19-year-old Liam Devaney already had two All-Ireland minor medals in his back pocket, he didn’t add to his haul that year.

“I was on the senior selection in 1954, a sub for that year’s Munster final against Cork, which they won. I stayed on the selection until 1968. A good innings.”