A chara, – What a weekend of sport it was. First we had the Irish rugby team winning the Test series against the All-Blacks. Then we had golfer Rory McIlroy going so close to winning the British Open.
But the supreme accolade has to go to the amateur sportsmen of Limerick and Kilkenny who served up a game for the ages in the All-Ireland hurling final. If Limerick were magnificent in victory, Kilkenny were equally magnificent in defeat.
This game was an exhibition of skill, speed, strength and determination that all the money in Saudi Arabia couldn’t pay for. It made one proud to be Irish. – Is mise,
JOHN GLENNON,
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