‘You couldn’t say enough good things about the McGraths’
The 17-year old had spent the majority of the day at Connolly’s, his presence born out of the loyalty that comes with wearing the green and red of Loughmore-Castleiney.
Brian, the youngest of Pat and Mary McGrath’s three sons, was listed at full-forward on the Tipperary team for the following afternoon’s All-Ireland minor football decider against Kerry, but that fixture had taken a definite back seat given the events of the days previous.
