Remembering a happy day for this stray Cat

We buried the ewe and hit the road, speed limits a moveable feast. Where? Warrington’s Irish Club. When? August 18, 2002. Why? Kilkenny and Tipperary in an All-Ireland semi-final. 
Remembering a happy day for this stray Cat

Phil had searched for the nearest Setanta Sports outlet to North Wales. Warrington came up. Although living in England until 2006, I hardly missed a championship match during the decade. An exception was that day.

Good exception, best of reasons. A close friend was Phil Davies, whose parents owned a small holding in Denbyshire. His father had just suffered a heart attack and Phil needed help with farming that weekend.

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