Stakelum clan reflect on hurling pedigree for launch of Dundon biography

Launching the book and underlining the clan’s hurling pedigree was the family’s most honoured captain, Pat’s grand-nephew and Limerick’s four-time All-Ireland winning skipper Declan Hannon.

Thurles Sarsfields Darragh Stakelum races past Loughmore Castleiney Lorcan Egan.

Last Saturday, the extended Stakelum family and friends descended on Ballycahill Hall to celebrate the launch of Noel Dundon’s “Legend of the Ash” biography about their great patriarch Pat.

Captain of Tipperary’s 1949 All-Ireland winning team, Pat’s nephew Richard famously emulated him in lifting the provincial title in 1987. Two years later and another nephew Bobby Ryan was first up the Hogan Stand steps to end the county’s 18-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.