Memory of Bloody Sunday invigorates Tipperary footballers

Tipperary football chairman Joe Hannigan, who claimed the county were aiming to win an All-Ireland senior title by 2020, has revealed the inspiration behind the goal.

Hannigan, whose son George lines out in midfield for Liam Kearns’ side, says the memory of Bloody Sunday victim Michael Hogan was the motivation that compelled the ambitious objective.

It was at a civic reception in November 2011 for that year’s All-Ireland-winning minor team in Hogan’s home of Granglemockler where claiming the Sam Maguire Cup by the start of the next decade was publicly discussed by Hannigan, minor manager David Power, and others.