Closing the book on Conor — for now

A couple of years ago, a publisher asked your columnist about potential GAA books: what would be a hot property, and what would be interesting, that kind of thing.

I pointed out that the current incarnation of the Cork football team was a great narrative, all things considered, given their travails, their eventual victory in an All-Ireland final, the parallel issue of the hurlers within the county getting greater support...

The publisher stopped the conversation by pointing out that what would be interesting and what would a be hot property were attributes that weren’t mutually inclusive.