Galway's Tom Monaghan is 'in the mould of Cha Fitzpatrick'

An All-Ireland minor winner in 2015, Monaghan was still only 19 years of age when making his Galway senior debut

Galway's Tom Monaghan reacts during the game

For a player who was deemed surplus to Galway requirements during the two Covid-interrupted seasons, Tom Monaghan’s “All-Star form” of recent weeks makes for quite the comeback story.

And in order to do this story justice, its telling must begin at the very start.