Tom Cunningham: A witness to Waterford GAA's greatest days

Ned Power, goalkeeper, sails up to fetch a ball as Christy Ring pulls hard. That third hurler, taking the brunt of Ring’s stick across his face? Tom Cunningham

Waterford's Ned Power takes flight with sliotar in hand as Cork's maestro Christy Ring thunders into Tom Cunningham during the 1962 Munster hurling semi-final. Picture: Louis MacMonagle, Irish Examiner.

This interview was first published on December 12, 2020. Tom Cunningham died this morning, April 28, 2022.

You could call Tom Cunningham the third man.