Anthony Daly: Teddy McCarthy leaves us with so many memories
The first time I marked Teddy was in the early 1990s when Clare played Cork in a league game in Cork and Len Gaynor decided to hand me the number 6 jersey
SOARING: Cork’s Teddy McCarthy wins possession from Kerry’s Ambrose O’Donovan during the 1987 Munster football final
Two‑time All‑Ireland–winning captain and former Dublin and Clare manager, Anthony Daly, is a much-respected pundit and columnist as well as ringmaster in chief on the hugely-popular Dalo’s Hurling Show.
The first time I ever heard of the name Teddy McCarthy was when I was around 11 or 12. I was in Clarecastle National School but I went to the 1982 Dr Harty Cup final. St Flannan’s was the place I wanted to be. Those players were the guys I looked up to. But the name everyone seemed to be talking about was Teddy McCarthy.
North Monastery had been in the three previous Harty finals, having won the previous two, but Flannan’s beat them in that 1982 decider by three points. I can’t remember how well Teddy played but the general impression seemed to be that he was almost unmarkable, nearly untouchable.
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