Open book Cathal McCarron gives us new insight into Tyrone

It says a lot about just how explosive a book Cathal McCarron has written that there’s been barely mention of just how explosive some of its football passages are.

In all the attention and condemnation that he and the book has received — addict, brilliant, ill-timed, asshole, an inspiration — the football has been completely overlooked.

On one hand that’s understandable — his football is not the story. But there are still football stories within it and fascinating ones as well which makes it surprising that virtually none of them have been picked up by the GAA media.