GAA schedule has turned football v hurling into the new Blur v Oasis

A lot of adolescent angst was projected into Albarn v Gallagher. Now there are shades of that collision course in the GAA inter-county scene.

Composite picture of Liam and Noel Gallagher (left) of Oasis and Damon Albarn of Blur. Photos: Getty

For those of who were then in our impressionable teens, the summer of 1995 is a vivid period of nostalgia.

There was no room for nuance in Blur vs Oasis. The bands were hardly members of a mutual admiration society and you followed suit. You either had a harrington or a cagoule jacket. You didn't have both.