The Liam McCarthy Cup
As Kilkenny aim for a historic five-in-a-row, Tipperary chief Liam Sheedy has confirmed his team will remain unchanged for Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final against their old rivals.
Tipperary Team: B Cummins, P Stapleton, P Curran, M Cahill, D Fanning, C O’Mahony, Padraic Maher, B Maher, S McGrath, G Ryan, Patrick Maher, J O’Brien, N McGrath, E Kelly, L Corbett.
Twelve of the present side which played in last year’s decider against Kilkenny will again start at Croke Park, with Gearoid Ryan, Michael Cahill and Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher the only new faces this year, replacing Pat Kerwick, James Woodlock and Seamus Callanan.
Padraic Maher is now at wing-back, Paul Curran is at full-back and former wing-back Brendan Maher is now starring at midfield.
Noel McGrath is again named at corner forward, alongside Lar Corbett and Eoin Kelly, while John O’Brien retains his place after his recent outstanding game against Waterford.
The Liam McCarthy Cup
The Liam McCarthy Cup is the trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the hurling team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, perhaps GAA fans will spare a thought for the man whose name this cup bears.
Liam’s parents, Eoghan and Brigid MacCarthy, emigrated from Ballygarvan,Co. Cork and settled on the South bank of the Thames in 1851, on the site now occupied by the County Hall.
Eoghan was a sportsman, athlete and wrestler, known as ‘MacCarthy Capall’ or MacCarthy the Horse and spoke mostly Irish, having very little of the English language.
His son Liam MacCarthy was born in London on the 21st May 1853 and at the age of 14 he was playing hurling on Clapham Common. In his early years to earn his living he worked as a blacksmith’s hammer man on the railways.
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