Old warriors still in love with the game

IN their day, Jimmy Doyle and Eddie Keher played on two of the greatest teams of all time. Both were automatic selections on the GAA teams of the century and millennium, filling the corner-forward positions. They met and discussed those bygone days.

Diarmuid O’Flynn (DO’F): Talk to me first about the Tipperary team of the ’60s.

Jimmy Doyle (JD): We had won the 1958 All-Ireland but we really came good around the early 60s, ’61/’62. They were a good bunch of fellas, and to be honest and fair about it, I always make out that if you have a good crew that blends in together, that’s the secret. That ’60s Tipp team did that, we were great friends. We won back-to-back All-Irelands twice, in ’61/’62 and in ’64/’65, a great bunch.