Final nail in Tipp coffin

And so with one bound they were free, these cornered, scalded felines.

Again. How many lives do they have left now? In a way it doesn’t really matter. Patrick Kavanagh could have been writing about Brian Cody’s Kilkenny. Gods do indeed make their own importance.

Yet this raucous, rockin’ evening at Nowlan Park – there is no truth in the rumour Bruce Springsteen, who plays the venue in a few weeks, burst into tears while viewing the match via satellite and moaned, “I know I’m famous for my live shows but I’ll never be able to match that atmosphere” — was about Tipperary as much as it was about the hosts.