Plenty of pedigree, ambition, and a genuine tradition shape the Thomas Davis narrative

There is some debate over the ferocity of the challenge though the end result of a red card for Dr Crokes’ Danny Cooper was the upshot.

Paul Curran, months off winning his first All-Star with Dublin, was raiding upfield for Thomas Davis in the 1992 All-Ireland Club final when Cooper — older brother of eight-year-old club mascot Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper — intervened.