Boys in blue on the beat for McIntyre memorial tournament

HURLING’s eighth annual Seamus McIntyre Tournament, sponsored by St Paul’s Garda Credit Union, Cork, goes ahead today at St Martin’s GAA Club in Wexford.

Inter-county stars, past and present, will be in attendance – including Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny), Jerry O’Connor (Cork), Tony Carmody (Clare), Diarmuid Cloonan (Galway), Conor Gleeson (Tipperary), Michael Cussen (Cork), Ken Hogan (Tipperary), Peter Queally (Waterford) and Conor O’Brien (Tipperary).

Seamus McIntyre from Kenmare was a Garda based in Cork City when he was killed (with his colleague Garda George Rice) in a traffic accident while on duty on this day nine years ago. McIntyre was a talented hurler who hurled for St Mary’s, his county Kerry and also played for his province, Munster in the interprovincials.