Davy Fitzgerald: 'I’ve made mistakes. If I got another chance, I'd do things differently'

Davy Fitzgerald recently welcomed his first child with wife Sharon O’Loughlin. Here he reflects on his own childhood, his regrets, and shares his perils of wisdom for a life well lived

Davy Fitzgerald: The most important thing in life is the time we have and how we use it

I grew up in a two-bedroom, terraced house in Sixmilebridge with my mam, my dad, and my sister. It was probably the happiest I’ve ever been. I had the best playground ever — a factory 20 yards down the road where I could kick a ball around. That was all I needed. I loved it.

My earliest memory is going to my first ever Clare hurling game with my uncle. He put me up on his shoulders. It was Clare playing Cork in 1977 or 78. I was absolutely infatuated with the game of hurling from then on. [I remember] him bringing me to his farm and we’d get up at five or six in the morning milking the cows and delivering the milk inside in Limerick. I look back at those times and I smile.