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
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.




