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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.

Eleven things that made Galway-Tipperary rivalry — 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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Gaa Hurling Sport Tipperary Galway Place: Galway Place: Tipperary Place: Portumna Place: Mullagh Place: Lorrha Place: Shannon Place: Newport Place: America Person: Tim Harford Person: Michael Moynihan Person: Shane Moloney Person: Pádraic Maher Person: Ray McManus Person: Tony Reddin Person: TonyReddin_large.jpg Person: Reddin Person: Tinker Tailor Person: Seamus Shinnors Person: Liam MacCarthy Person: Cyril Farrell Person: Farrell Person: CyrillFarrellNickyEnglish1991_large.jpg Person: Joe Connolly Person: Tony Keady Person: Keady Person: TonyKeadyGalway1993_large.jpg Person: Keating Person: Joe Rabbitte Person: Rabbitte Event: Tipperary Event: 2015 All-Ireland semi-final Event: All-Ireland Organisation: Galway Organisation: Tipperary U21s Organisation: Shinnors Organisation: Kilkenny Organisation: GAA Organisation: Tipperary Organisation: Premier County Organisation: Tipp

<p>Neil O'Connor (Knocknagree) gets plenty of attention from Clonakilty's Ross Mannix and Sean McEvoy during the McCarthy Insurance Group Division 1 football league game in Clonakilty. Picture: Martin Walsh.</p>

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