Wonder satisfied, 25 years after blow

INTERCOUNTY season over, and as the GAA club scene begins to take precedence, a club story.

It was the kind of incident that happens only on very rare occasions, thankfully. 1976, county junior hurling quarter-final, Ballyhea were playing Newmarket.

I was born in Newmarket but was now an almost 20-year resident of Ballyhea, totally immersed in the club. Full-back for Newmarket was one of those bloody big, tough, rangy, raw-boned kind of guys a relatively light full-forward hated to see, and we had quite a tussle.