Epic hurling semi-finals were games of centimetres, not inches

I may need a night or two at the Fleadh Cheoil in Ennis this week after a pair of outrageous hurling highs at the weekend.
Epic hurling semi-finals were games of centimetres, not inches
Mon, 15 Aug, 2016 - 01:00
Anthony Daly
Anthony Daly
Two‑time All‑Ireland–winning captain and former Dublin and Clare manager, Anthony Daly, is a much-respected pundit and columnist as well as ringmaster in chief on the hugely-popular Dalo’s Hurling Show.

After that kind of experience on Saturday in Thurles, where do you go?

Well, back to Croke Park, if you’re lucky, with Galway and Tipperary back at it there. Hurling people are having some time of it...

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