Beyond the tribe, the game

Theo Dorgan, broadcaster, sailor and author, will receive the prestigious O’Shaughnessy Prize for Irish poetry in a couple of weeks in the United States: clearly he’s a man of diverse interests. When Michael Moynihan asked him about his sporting interests he revealed a keen focus.

THEO Dorgan’s enthusiasm for hurling isn’t immediate. It seems to precede immediacy, particularly when he talks about his family links to the game.

“It was an absolute passion. If there was a game on Sunday it would never have occurred to you to do anything else – that only came in when you were 14 or 15.