Eleven things that made Galway-Tipperary rivalry

Tim Harford has a new book out, Fifty Things That Made The Modern World. Michael Moynihan applied the template to the Galway-Tipperary hurling rivalry.
Babs Keating, Tipperary Hurling Manager in April 1989. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile
Babs Keating, Tipperary Hurling Manager in April 1989. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile
Fri, 04 Aug, 2017 - 01:00
Michael Moynihan

Photo credit: Galway’s Shane Moloney scores the winning point in the final moments of the 2015 All-Ireland semi-final, despite Tipp’s Padraic Maher launching his hurley at him. Pic: Ray McManus

1. The Galway-Tipperary border.

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