Mike Quirke: Clare and Tipperary display the indomitable spirit of the underdog

So what do you know? Maybe Munster isn’t the lopsided battleground that everybody thought it was. 

Mike Quirke: Clare and Tipperary display the indomitable spirit of the underdog
Wed, 27 Jul, 2016 - 01:00
Mike Quirke

Provincial minnows Clare and Tipperary continue to make noise and completed a remarkable double over Roscommon and Derry respectively last Saturday to qualify for their first All-Ireland senior football championship quarter-finals in Croke Park.

The victory produced so many storylines…

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