Thurles feels hurling fever
Every morning the green area is packed with young students knocking a sliotar about. The hurls reappear between each class and there is almost a stampede out the main doors at small break and lunchtime to find a decent spot for a few pucks. Wherever possible, says Cahill, they are hurling, or knocking the ball off the nearest available wall, or chatting about today’s Croke Cup decider.
Even the first years, jokes the Thurles CBS manager, are well versed on the tradition and ‘superpower’ status of opponents St Kieran’s College. The Easter Holidays this week certainly helped in removing Cahill’s troops from the glare of the spotlight since the semi-final victory over St Peter’s, Wexford.
