Global pandemic claimed the life of an All-Ireland hero a century ago

The GAA wasn’t found wanting when it came to cancelling all activity because of the coronavirus pandemic — a precedent was set over 100 years when the Great Flu swept the country, writes Joe Ó Muircheartaigh.

Jim Guerin, the scorer three goals in the 1914 All-Ireland hurling final for Clare, who died in the Great Flu epidemic in 1918/19.