Home is where Molumphy’s heart is

IN strictly hurling terms he’s had the best of a number of worlds, has Stephen Molumphy.

Born and bred in Waterford, he got his early hurling education in the local club and school in Ballyduff, on the banks of the Blackwater; when it came time for secondary, it was off to St Colman’s in Fermoy, a few miles upriver and on the other side of the border – the Cork side.

There his hurling skills were further honed, and in his term in the renowned hurling college he won a Dean Ryan, two Harty Cups and two All-Ireland colleges titles, a star among stars from many other counties, including two high-scoring aces, Neil Ronan from Cork and Andrew O’Shaughnessy from Limerick.