Eimear Ryan: I felt a little imposter syndrome jumping on the Tipperary football bandwagon

I’m probably not the only fair-weather fan who shed a tear or two on Sunday. It was almost too much
Tipperary players celebrate after the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Final match between Cork and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Tipperary players celebrate after the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Final match between Cork and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

It was a strange weekend to be a Tipp supporter. A joyful one, though not quite in the way we might have anticipated.

On Saturday, it looked like we might grind out one of those hardworking hurling wins that is typical of latter-day Tipp, full of the type of graft and work ethic that Liam Sheedy, Eamon O’Shea, and Michael Ryan have instilled in this group of players over the last decade or so.

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