Leinster and Galway’s unhappy marriage: ‘Croke Park needs to resolve this blatant discrimination’

Throughout history, the Tribesmen have been hurling’s restless wanderers, caught between provinces and searching for a place to truly belong.

UNHAPPY: Michael Burke detailed lingering financial concerns and one move he deemed a complete failure: Galway in the Leinster Hurling Championship. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

During his reign as Galway treasurer, Michael Burke was at pains to identify the obvious problems. In his outgoing speech last December, he detailed lingering financial concerns and one move he deemed a complete failure: Galway in the Leinster hurling championship.

“With regard to our participation in Leinster hurling, as this is my final report, I feel obligated to mention it again,” he said. This was a consistent theme at Galway convention. Everyone in the Lough Rea hotel room would have already known his stance from previous addresses.