Legend McGrath on the road to recovery

Six weeks after undergoing open heart surgery, Ken McGrath hopes to be in Thurles to watch his beloved Déise.

When you pull up outside the house of a man who’s had open-heart surgery, you travel with some preconceptions parked in the passenger seat.

He’s probably in an armchair with a blanket over his legs. He’ll fall asleep after five minutes of talking. There’ll be bandages.