Browne savouring surge in Tipp football fortunes

Tomorrow afternoon, he’ll head along to the Clonmel Sportsfield to see how the Tipperary senior footballers are shaping up.

Home life has been busy for Declan Browne after the arrival of his second daughter ten weeks ago. Roisín and her older sister Aoife now take priority over McGrath Cup games for Tipperary’s most celebrated footballer. But he’ll be there come throw-in tomorrow nine years after playing the west coast of Clare when Tipperary last tasted McGrath Cup final success.

“I remember we had to head to Milltown Malbay to play Clare and won by a point. I was only back from an All Stars tour to San Diego on the Friday so it was a bit of a contrast with the weather.”