Ciarán Murtagh: ‘We’re at home getting the free dinners and the clothes washed’

Andy and Breda Murtagh knew better this week than to be peppering their three sons with questions about their thoughts of Galway tomorrow.
Ciarán Murtagh: ‘We’re at home getting the free dinners and the clothes washed’

They’ve learnt over the years that less is more when it comes to Connacht final week. Granted, tomorrow represents a first senior provincial decider for all three Murtagh brothers, but such has been the county’s prominence at minor and U21 level in recent years that they’ve had plenty of practice of preparing for showpiece days.

Andy will have asked how training went when the three lads ambled back in the door after Tuesday’s and Thursday’s sessions. The reply won’t have stretched far beyond ‘grand’ and so he’ll have left it at that.

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