Jimmy Finn at 90: 'I never, since or before, saw a back that could clear so many balls'

"I said to my father once: ‘Was Jimmy Finn that good?’ Because I never saw you hurling, Jimmy. He said to me: ‘Timmy, he was the best I ever saw.’"

KITCHEN CABINET: Brendan Maher and Jimmy Finn with the Liam MacCarthy Cup after 2016 All-Ireland SHC final. Picture credit: Borris-Ileigh GAA Club / Martin Bourke

Whiskey, however excellent the barley, requires time.

Make a connection. Hurling is a series of occasions that fix time, establishing patterns of success, grooves of tradition. Whiskey needs its spell in a cask, same as hurling needs, for definition, its top level contests. You cannot have profound release without bounding limitations.