For love of limerick

If the world was all nice and fair, he’d be remembered more as a man who won two Munster championships and two All Stars, but in a town as cruel as Limerick can be, Joe Quaid is often known as the man who lost two All-Irelands and a testicle as well.

He won’t lie to you. At times it hurt: literally. But he learned a long time ago from his cousin Tommy, dealing with knocks and the knockers is an occupational hazard when you’re a goalie, as you tend to be in this county if your name is Quaid.

Tommy was possibly the best netminder of his generation, yet even he had to change his home phone number after one championship exit.