Glory days not passing Brian Cody by

“Me and Neil Young?” was Brian Cody’s wry reaction when asked after beating Cork last month would he be attending Young and Bob Dylan in Nowlan Park that night. Cody is an avid music fan but it’s known Bruce Springsteen is his man.

Inspired by his 18th All-Ireland final as senior manager of Kilkenny and the recently-released movie Blinded By The Light which features Springsteen’s music prominently, John Fogarty relates 18 lyrics by The Boss about the real boss: