Thousands of hurling fans queued for hours in Thurles last evening for the removal of Tipperary hurling great Jimmy Doyle, who passed away suddenly on Monday, aged 76.

Fr Tommy Maher, who died on Tuesday evening, has been described as a "legendary figure in Kilkenny and in hurling generally" by Kilkenny County Board chairman Ned Quinn.

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

The Hurling 2020 committee is expected to recommend penalties be changed from the current one forward versus three defenders on the goal-line to one forward versus the goalkeeper.

Kilkenny stalwart Pat Henderson has pleaded with the hurling review committee to adopt a measured approach in examining the game.

Speaking at the History of Hurling one-day seminar held at The Schoolhouse venue at Muckross House in Killarney last Saturday, one of the most stylish forwards of his era reflected on a 19-year senior inter-county career.

Liam Sheedy wants to see more Dublins in hurling as he embarks on his chairmanship of the games’ new review committee.

Kilkenny hurling legend Eddie Keher is looking forward to delivering his document on the game to the newly-formed committee headed up by Tipperary’s 2010 All-Ireland winning manager Liam Sheedy.

Cork chairman Bob Ryan has expressed relief the “Anthony Nash motion” has been postponed for this year.

Five years ago work on the revival of Clare hurling got underway in earnest. This weekend they are reaping the rewards — and even brighter times may lie ahead.

The light and heat generated in recent weeks about the need for reform in Gaelic football has been entertaining, if a little inconclusive.

It was the day of the first 70-minute All Ireland final.

You would hardly mistake this corner of the newspaper for the social and personal page, but we couldn’t let this morning pass without sharing a classic ‘seen about town’ moment.

What have Kilkenny and Brian Cody been doing behind closed doors in Nowlan Park since the Leinster final loss to Galway?

There’s no need to go into contortions about Limerick’s prospects.

For older generations of hurling supporters who witnessed Galway’s first-half demolition of Kilkenny yesterday there were shades of days gone by when a seemingly invincible team were similarly demolished.

HIS name will not be familiar to a younger generation of GAA followers outside of Kildare, but Pat Dunny has a list of achievements to his credit which merit special recognition.

IT wasn’t Cork supporters disappointed following the poor display in the Munster MHC semi-final play-off loss to Tipperary in Thurles on Sunday.

FOR years the Kilkenny-Tipperary rivalry lay idle, softened by the few intermittent meetings that the passing summers deemed fit to bestow, but the Fenians club experienced its resurrection first-hand this time last year.

BRIAN CODY will have fond memories of All-Ireland hurling final day in 1972.

FIVE legendary Kilkenny captains have backed Brian Cody’s side to secure a place in hurling history by winning a fifth consecutive All-Ireland SHC title on Sunday.

KILKENNY centre-back Brian Hogan will miss the All-Ireland final after suffering a hand injury.

Tipperary’s Babs Keating and Kilkenny’s Pat Henderson met in Clonmel, Co Tipperary during the week. Diarmuid O’Flynn spoke to them.

LEARNING from your own mistakes is a sure — if often slow and painful — way of progressing in life; learning from the mistakes of others, learning from the experience of others, is smarter, surer, faster.

They’re tied on 30 All-Ireland titles each, but there’s more at stake at Croke Park tomorrow for Cork and Kilkenny than statistics. Stars of the 70’s, Cork’s Brian Murphy and Kilkenny’s Phil ‘Fan’ Larkin discuss battles past and tomorrow’s semi-final with Diarmuid O’Flynn.

GPA national development officer Dara McGarty has welcomed the establishment of a club/county taskforce by the GAA, which he believes will get a better deal for all concerned.

He bounced out onto the grass in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, a twinkle in his eye: “God I always loved this pitch!” he says to Liam Fennelly, “but it also holds some bad memories, 1968 in particular. We should have had ye that year.”

ONLY IN Kilkenny could collecting ten consecutive Leinster minor hurling titles be regarded as bad for business.

Donal Collins is the only member of the Cork hurling management with no previous involvement at this level. Sean O’Leary and Fred Sheehy were part of the All-Ireland set-up in 1999, as was John Allen as team masseur.

JOE KERNAN, who managed Armagh to their first All-Ireland SFC title, was named Philips Manager of the Year at the Berkeley Court, Dublin, yesterday.

KILKENNY’S reputation as one of hurling’s continuing dominant forces would have been dented had they not managed to beat holders Tipperary in the Guinness All-Ireland hurling semi-final three weeks ago.