Revealed: The words behind that pungent picture

THE image isn’t well-known to hurling followers.

It exists on a level far beyond familiarity.

When Christy Ring left the field of play injured in the 1957 Munster championship game between Cork and Waterford at Limerick, he strolled behind the goal, where he passed Mick Mackey, who was acting as umpire for the game. The two exchanged a few words as Ring made his way to the dressing-room.