'If I need a bit of help or I’m not feeling great, I always ask Dillon for a hand and I feel it helps'

Dying as a hurler, there was no purer way for Dillon Quirke to go. A family steeped in the game, they know that. 

ONE YEAR ON: Dillon Quirke of Clonoulty / Rossmore celebrates with former Tipperary hurling star and former Monaghan hurling manager Joe Hayes. after the Tipperary Water County Senior Hurling Championship Final between Clonoulty / Rossmore and Nenagh Éire Óg at Semple Stadium in 2018. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

An open invitation has been issued to visit Clonoulty at 5 o’clock on Saturday evening where the club will commemorate the one-year anniversary of Dillon Quirke’s passing.

Captaining Clonoulty-Rossmore in a senior hurling championship group game against Kilruane MacDonaghs in FBD Semple Stadium last August 5, Dillon collapsed and died playing the game he adored, less than four months after breaking into the Tipperary team.