Plenty of discoveries to be made in deep dive of GAA digital archive

TIME FOR GOALS: Cork’s Willie Walsh (far left) and Eddie O’Brien (no. 15) pile on the pressure against Wexford during the 1970 All Ireland SHC final at Croke Park. Cork won 6-21 to 5-10. The game was an 80-minute game rather than the 70 minutes now played. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive/Ref 799/144

The GAA’s timely reminder about their digital archive — gaa.ie/gaa-now/archive/ — is sure to provide some succour to those suffering Gaelic Games withdrawal symptoms during this lockdown. What can be learned from a deep dive of footage, including All-Ireland senior finals and club finals, going back to 1961?