A terrible beauty: a glimpse of the late 80s rivalry between Galway and Tipperary

In the aftermath of beating their perennial bogey-team, Wexford, on Sunday last, Tipperary manager Michael Ryan referred to the fact that his side “never fail to have a good game with Galway”.

He’s correct; it’s a rivalry that seldom fails to deliver.

The drama of the 2015 and 2016 All-Ireland semi-finals has seen a Renaissance of this duel that last reached its zenith in the late 1980s.