Semple and Thurles back on hurling’s centre stage
As football and hurling folk from Cork, Wexford, Clare, Limerick and Tipp gathered in the famous stadium bearing his name for the All-Ireland football and hurling qualifiers in Thurles, the neighbouring GAA fields were filled with hurling people from further afield.
The second annual Thurles Sarsfields international hurling festival saw the hurlers of Kilburn Gaels beat Dunboyne in the final of the Semple Cup. Set to become a regular on the GAA calendar, the festival could scarcely be held on a more appropriate weekend than that which features the Munster hurling final.
