Warriors turned fathers

Michael Carey and Tommy Ronan play for St Kieran’s College against Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore in the Croke Cup final this afternoon. Their fathers, DJ and Adrian, won the competition with Kieran’s in 1988 and plenty more besides. Two great hurlers met to reminisce and fill in that generation gap, writes PM O’Sullivan.

Once were warriors, in famed black and white hoops.

They remain a study in contrasts, DJ Carey and Adrian Ronan, but came up the same road. These two men won an All-Ireland with St Kieran’s College in 1988. Carey landed another one the following year.