Quinn eyes museum of the Cats
Kilkenny stand as hurling’s most successful county with 34 All-Ireland titles and Quinn laments the absence of an interpretative centre in recognition of the county’s achievements in hurling over the decades.
“I think there is definitely room for a museum, not a museum in the old-fashioned sense, more an interpretative centre,” Quinn told kilkennygaa.ie
“Kilkenny, overall, is now a brand. Hurling is a big part of that. The city has developed itself very well down the years.
“The recession seemed to bypass us. Kilkenny stands for something and hurling has contributed to that. Important for brand Kilkenny is that our hurling history is out there and that people who visit Kilkenny have somewhere to go to see... that the contribution of the hurlers going back the generations is visible.”
The board chairman also expressed his desire to see a bronze monument erected paying tribute to the county’s long list of All-Ireland winning captains.
“On a personal level, I would like to see something on the path, on the road surface or on the walls leading up to Kilkenny Castle, perhaps a bronze bust of the All-Ireland winning captains, something that people can go and look and see that we have won 34 All-Ireland titles, by Sunday hopefully 35 All-Ireland titles.
“The Brian Cody era will always be huge in Kilkenny’s hurling history. It has been our most successful era.
“As I said though, we must not forget our past... it is important we remember those who created and developed our hurling tradition.”
