Hurling Hands: Jamesie O’Connor - 'Liam Doyle had unbelievable hands. Doyle was a hurling man’s hurler'

"I went through a phase where I’d dislocate the very top of the fourth finger on my catching hand, just taking the eye off the ball."

Thu, 07 May, 2020 - 19:10

Jamesie O’Connor, Doora-Barefield and Clare

Jamesie O’Connor of Clare holding off Offaly’s Kevin Martin. Photo: INPHO/Andrew Paton

I got a lot of superficial stuff, cuts and so on. I fractured and dislocated the middle finger on my catching hand in a club game around 1989. It was sore at the time and it still goes in a different direction, but I went through a phase where I’d dislocate the very top of the fourth finger on my catching hand, just taking the eye off the ball, and the ligaments there were a bit shot. I’d wear a golf glove at times just because it felt a bit tighter and the finger was less likely to pop out.