New book - Brian Lowry's Offaly hurling Game of my Life
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:01 pm
Brian Lowry’s new book Offaly hurling Game of my Life will be on the bookshelves before the end of this month.
For those who don’t know the format, there are 25 chapters, each one dedicated to a single hurler who recalls their favourite match, or the one day that made them believe.
As per the promotional stuff for the book, the Offaly subjects are: - Mick Spain, Pat Joe Whelahan, Damien Martin, Liam Currams, Pat Fleury, Padraig Horan, Johnny Flaherty, Pat Delaney, Ger Coughlan, Joachim Kelly, Jim Troy, Mark Corrigan, Brian Whelahan, Johnny Dooley, John Troy, Joe Dooley, Michael Duignan, Daithií Regan, Kevin Kinahan, Johnny Pilkington, Kevin Martin, Shane Dooley, Brian Carroll, Rory Hanniffy and Michaela Morkan.
Fierce interesting to see what match they all picked. I suspect they are in the chronological order as listed above, which would indicate the following are the matches chosen:
Mick Spain: 1953 All-Ireland Junior final, or the 1957 Leinster semi-final v Wexford
Pat Joe Whelahan: 1969 Leinster semi-final v Wexford
Damien Martin: Hard to know, maybe the 1969 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Liam Currams: Because he’s high up in the order, I’m guessing the 1978 Leinster U21 Final?
Pat Fleury: Hard to know, given the order, maybe the 1978 Fitzgibbon cup, hardly the 1979 Leinster semi-final defeat to Wexford?
Pádraig Horan: 1980 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Johnny Flaherty: 1981 Leinster Final v Wexford
Pat Delaney: 1981 All-Ireland Final v Galway
Ger Coughlan: 1984 Leinster Final v Wexford
Joachim: 1984 All-Ireland semi-final v Galway
Jim: 1985 All-Ireland Final v Galway
Mark Corrigan: 1989 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Brian Whelahan: 1990 Leinster semi-final v Kilkenny, or an U21 win over Kilkenny
Johnny Dooley: 1994 Leinster semi-final v Kilkenny
John: 1994 Leinster Final v Wexford
Joe Dooley: 1994 All-Ireland Final v Limerick
Michael Duignan: 1995 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Daithi Regan: Hard to know, if they are in date order, then the 1995 All-Ireland Final defeat to Clare
Kevin Kinahan: Maybe the 1998 All-Ireland semi-final refixture v Clare
Johnny Pilkington: 1998 All-Ireland Final v Kilkenny
Kevin Martin: 2000 All-Ireland semi-final v Cork
Shane Dooley: Hard to know, the drawn 2010 Leinster semi-final v Galway
Brian Carroll: Again, hard to know
Rory Hanniffy: someone must have picked the 2008 Qualifier win over Limerick
Michaela: One of the All-Ireland wins, I’ll guess the 2010 Intermediate win over Wexford.
For those who don’t know the format, there are 25 chapters, each one dedicated to a single hurler who recalls their favourite match, or the one day that made them believe.
As per the promotional stuff for the book, the Offaly subjects are: - Mick Spain, Pat Joe Whelahan, Damien Martin, Liam Currams, Pat Fleury, Padraig Horan, Johnny Flaherty, Pat Delaney, Ger Coughlan, Joachim Kelly, Jim Troy, Mark Corrigan, Brian Whelahan, Johnny Dooley, John Troy, Joe Dooley, Michael Duignan, Daithií Regan, Kevin Kinahan, Johnny Pilkington, Kevin Martin, Shane Dooley, Brian Carroll, Rory Hanniffy and Michaela Morkan.
Fierce interesting to see what match they all picked. I suspect they are in the chronological order as listed above, which would indicate the following are the matches chosen:
Mick Spain: 1953 All-Ireland Junior final, or the 1957 Leinster semi-final v Wexford
Pat Joe Whelahan: 1969 Leinster semi-final v Wexford
Damien Martin: Hard to know, maybe the 1969 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Liam Currams: Because he’s high up in the order, I’m guessing the 1978 Leinster U21 Final?
Pat Fleury: Hard to know, given the order, maybe the 1978 Fitzgibbon cup, hardly the 1979 Leinster semi-final defeat to Wexford?
Pádraig Horan: 1980 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Johnny Flaherty: 1981 Leinster Final v Wexford
Pat Delaney: 1981 All-Ireland Final v Galway
Ger Coughlan: 1984 Leinster Final v Wexford
Joachim: 1984 All-Ireland semi-final v Galway
Jim: 1985 All-Ireland Final v Galway
Mark Corrigan: 1989 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Brian Whelahan: 1990 Leinster semi-final v Kilkenny, or an U21 win over Kilkenny
Johnny Dooley: 1994 Leinster semi-final v Kilkenny
John: 1994 Leinster Final v Wexford
Joe Dooley: 1994 All-Ireland Final v Limerick
Michael Duignan: 1995 Leinster Final v Kilkenny
Daithi Regan: Hard to know, if they are in date order, then the 1995 All-Ireland Final defeat to Clare
Kevin Kinahan: Maybe the 1998 All-Ireland semi-final refixture v Clare
Johnny Pilkington: 1998 All-Ireland Final v Kilkenny
Kevin Martin: 2000 All-Ireland semi-final v Cork
Shane Dooley: Hard to know, the drawn 2010 Leinster semi-final v Galway
Brian Carroll: Again, hard to know
Rory Hanniffy: someone must have picked the 2008 Qualifier win over Limerick
Michaela: One of the All-Ireland wins, I’ll guess the 2010 Intermediate win over Wexford.