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Christy O'Connor Talking Points: The GAA's rarest rivalry — one parish, two No 1s

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Christy O'Connor Talking Points: The GAA's rarest rivalry — one parish, two No 1s

Galway keeper Eamonn McGrath under pressure from Kerry's Joe O'Connor and Sean O'Shea. Pic: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Two clubmen battling for the same No 1 inter-county jersey

From the late 1950s until 1972, there were two hurling clubs in the Thomastown parish in Kilkenny – Thomastown and Thomastown Rangers. The Rangers club drew mainly from the southern and western sides of the parish, but the creation of the club was born out of a 32-point hammering suffered by Thomastown against Bennettsbridge in the 1955 senior championship.

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