Paul Rouse: 'A drop of the purest Flaherty'

Paul Rouse remembers Offaly All-Ireland winning hurler Johnny Flaherty, who died on Wednesday after a short illness
Paul Rouse: 'A drop of the purest Flaherty'

Offaly 1981 Johnny Flaherty © INPHO / Billy Stickland

It’s 1967.

Kinnitty have just come up from junior the previous year and are playing Coolderry, the pre-eminent power in Offaly hurling, in the senior hurling final in Birr.

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