Bid to honour hurling's Liam MacCarthy, the ‘forgotten man of 1916’

A relative of Liam MacCarthy, the man who designed and gave his name to hurling’s most famous trophy, has stepped up his mission to honour “the forgotten man of 1916”.

Dubliner Sean Meaney has been lobbying the GAA for more than 10 years to provide funding for a statue in Cork to honour his famous ancestor’s legacy to Gaelic games.

Earlier this week, after laying a commemorative plaque on MacCarthy’s London grave, Mr Meaney spoke of his distant relative’s “overlooked” contribution to the fight for independence.