Hurling Hands: Shane Dowling - 'The first day I picked up a hurley I threw it back at my dad'

I’d get the lads to make ten hurleys, says Limerick's Shane Dowling, and pick the three or four best ones. Photo: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

My hands are in good shape - some people might think it’s because you’d need to be going into tackles to injure them in the first place, to damage them - but there's not too much gone wrong with them over the years.