Standing on the shoulders of giants as Tipperary so far away

It’s just after noon on the day of the All-Ireland hurling final. About one thousand Tipperary people are gathered on Talbot Street in Dublin. They fill the footpaths and the road, and the passage of buses has become impossible. There’s a microphone and a large amp set up on a stand.

Seamus Leahy, a GAA historian of distinction, steps up to the microphone and there is a deep silence in the crowd.