Christy has the bridge, Jack has the tunnel, Cork Camogie captain Rena should be honoured too

They christened a bridge after Christy and bored a tunnel in the name of Jack, so surely it’s time to re-name the Inniscarra Dam in honour of the local legend, the most decorated player in GAA history?

Christy has the bridge, Jack has the tunnel, Cork Camogie captain Rena should be honoured too

Any landmark would do well to bear the name of Rena Buckley, holder of 18 All-Ireland senior medals, 11 for football, seven for camogie, the most recent earned at the weekend, when Rena captained the team to a one-point win against Kilkenny.

Speaking tonight at the homecoming on the South Mall in Cork, team manager Paudie Murray said it struck him driving around the city that Jack had the tunnel and Christy had the bridge, “so it’s about time now that something was named after Rena”.

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