Inside Track with John McIntyre

SITTING in my car in Salthill on Saturday about 90 minutes before the Galway senior hurling final got underway, it was impossible to avoid the feeling that this wasn’t right. Wind and driving rain were buffeting the few hardy souls making their way to Pearse Stadium. It was a grim, dreary night.

There was nothing to suggest that Galway club hurling’s showpiece event was about to take place. No hawkers selling flags or scarves; no bustling crowds making their way to the stadium; no trappings of county final day. It was a hostile night made for indoors, and yet the players of Loughrea and St Thomas’ were forced........

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