How cricket found a home in a welcoming corner of Waterford

YOU'VE GOT TO ROLL WITH IT: Michael Condon, chairman Lismore cricket club prepares their grounds for training. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

In one quiet corner of west Waterford, the game survives.

There was a time when cricket was the sport of choice across broad swathes of Ireland, and there are still pockets here and there. Lismore Cricket Club is one such outpost, with a tradition in the sport that goes back a century and a half: club official Ben Huskinson says they’re “off the beaten path, off the beaten track, both in terms of geography and in terms of the sport itself”, and it’s a fair description.