Michael Moynihan: The drive to succeed may never be the same again
A couple of weeks ago I was chatting to Sean McCarthy, wing-back on Cork’s 1990 All-Ireland-winning team.
He was fleshing out the picture of team preparation by recalling journeys to games with Canon Michael O’Brien, and the clergyman’s subtle priming of his passengers for combat. If they were going to Thurles, for instance, the psychological stakes were raised when the car turned left at Horse and Jockey.
