‘People have got so busy’: How modern life is putting clubs at risk

Frank Murphy’s tenure may have ended in Cork but Bobby Hazelwood is still standing, 31 years after he took the reins as secretary of Castletownroche GAA club.

1988 was a simpler time. It was a year when the county’s senior footballers went all the way to the All-Ireland final, but it took them just four games to get there. Club activity barely felt a ripple, as was the case when the hurlers bowed out in the Munster final on July 17 after two outings.