Carrickshock ready for another major battle

SO much of what we are is defined by folk memory, ancient events which, at the time, were seared into the brain, and which, over time, are buried, but events which nevertheless remain deep in the collective psyche. So it is with Carrickshock.

Once a hurling powerhouse, won seven of sixteen Kilkenny senior finals that they contested in a golden 23-year period (eight finals in-a-row from 1939 to 1946, when they completed a four-in-a-row of wins), tomorrow in Nowlan Park the club will play its first senior county hurling final in 59 years, a long time out of the limelight.

And yet it’s a club with a name that still resonates, not just within Kilkenny and not just within hurling. Reason?