TJ Reid: Bit of Doyle, bit of Shefflin

Almost 30 years ago, the Reids were the first family in Ballyhale to get miniature goalposts.

Henry Shefflin’s brother, Paul, was friendly with Patrick Reid so Henry would tag along, trekking up the hill to Reid’s home in Kiltorcan, which overlooks a blanket of five counties and peers down on a parish bursting with tradition, where the deeds and feats of past hurlers have been deposited like nutrients in the soil.