Championship is the true Game of Thrones

In the age of prestige television, the GAA championship plays perfectly to the script.

Championship is the true Game of Thrones

In the age of prestige television, the GAA championship plays perfectly to the script.

The links are too clear and the parallels too obvious to ignore. For one thing, both championship and high-end TV drama involve multi-part narratives that link years together, developing sub-plots and twists and turns which may take half a decade to resolve are common to both.

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