A story endures about Tipperary and Cork in the 1909 Munster Final.

All in all, the madness was all worth it and sometimes there’s no point in trying to make any sense of it, writes John Coleman.

“And you may find yourself sleeping fitfully through a massive thunderstorm.

Paul Kerrigan doesn’t have fond memories of Semple Stadium. Mind you, he doesn’t exactly hold fond memories of Tipperary either, but it’s the venue rather than the team it houses that has caused him more grief in recent years.

Championship meetings between Cork and Tipperary have been spinning a mythology for over a century. Michael Moynihan took a closer look at some of those myths.

As HawkEye readily admit, few if any other sport challenges their score detection technology more than hurling.

Munster SHC final

The first half at Semple Stadium didn’t provide a great deal of entertainment, although the second was a distinct improvement.

The criticism in the wake of Limerick’s most disappointing league campaign wasn’t for the faint-hearted.

Funny how a single win can turn perceptions on their head.

Gerry Fitzpatrick has been one of Ireland’s leading, if unsung, sports operators for over four decades. From hoops to hurling, from training Henry and Mullane to watching Shaq in the flesh, he’s seen a lot, if not it all. Now, he’s playing his part in the Wexford hurling revival.

Cork v Waterford is the classic modern hurling rivalry but it’s hard to see past the Rebels tomorrow.

Mr Consistency’s absence to be felt keenly by Waterford.

If funny cats or obscure strikers missing open goals are not your cup of tea you may have missed the adventures of Gar Campion on the internet.

AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL

If he’s watching from the great hurling field in the sky, Tom Semple is surely smiling.

They’re a promising young team, they’re on an upward curve, they have their best days ahead of them, they’re managed by a man who saw it all and did it all during his own playing days and tomorrow in Thurles they face a team who’ve seen it all and done it all over the past couple of seasons.

HARD to imagine Lar Corbett or John Mullane coming out with that one and, indeed, neither did. The pithy statement was, rather, the summation of one of the players from a team known as the Wild Geese as they left the field following a game on Saturday.

THE Wild Geese, a team of US marines based in England, are amongst eight sides competing in the inaugural Thurles Sarsfields International Hurling 13s this weekend.

A CONTINGENT of the US Marine Corps known as “The Wild Geese”, will compete in the inaugural international festival of hurling at Semple Stadium, Thurles on July 8 and 9.

Ryan O'Dwyer, a recent Allianz Hurling League winner with Dublin, will start against his native Tipperary in a challenge match in Athy on Sunday (throw-in 7pm).

YOUR columnist has been colder than he was yesterday in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, but not often. Thurles Sars and De La Salle played in what Sylvia Plath called the light of the mind: cold and planetary.

Monday lunchtime, September 6

THE State’s first official memorial to gardaí who died on duty will be unveiled today in Thurles.

The State’s first official memorial to Garda Siochana members who died while on duty is to be unveiled next month by a local history committee on Co Tipperary.