A tiny rural museum run by relatives of General Michael Collins is one of two West Cork museums to win a major accolade from an international tourism organisation which puts them among the top 10 in the country.

Johnny Crowley was being mentioned a lot in recent weeks, having been the central figure in the last team to outwit a Galway tactical innovation in an All-Ireland hurling final.

IT is always an unenviable and invidious exercise to compare teams and players of different eras.