When the greatest honour becomes too heavy a load to bear

Three days after the 2014 All-Ireland final replay, Lester Ryan got a text with a link to a YouTube clip.

When the greatest honour becomes too heavy a load to bear
Sat, 14 Sep, 2019 - 01:00
Christy O’Connor

Three days after the 2014 All-Ireland final replay, Lester Ryan got a text with a link to a YouTube clip.

It was old, grainy footage of him as ten-year-old, alongside his two brothers Liam and Tom and their first cousin, Kevin Bolger.

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