Barry-Murphy is his own man and Cusack his own choice

YOU know by now that Donal Óg Cusack is the new Cork senior hurling captain. Of course you do.

Chances are you have a policy position on the new Cork captain, because God knows nothing happens in GAA terms in the southern capital and environs without people having a well-defined stance on it that they are willing to ventilate given half a chance.

An exaggeration? Last Sunday afternoon this writer was in Kilkenny for the replayed county senior hurling final between James Stephens and Ballyhale Shamrocks, and in the match programme there was a piece on the 1946 Kilkenny hurling team — specifically that team’s threat to withdraw from the All-Ireland senior hurling final that year due to a dispute with the county board.