Ciarán Murphy: It’s time to really push on towards a proper dual mandate via IrishTimesSport
He had messed around with hurleys in our backyard throughout his childhood. But in his head it was similar to having to relearn Irish before your child goes to a Gaelscoil. What’s the point in them receiving top-class instruction at school if the teaching couldn’t continue at home?
Last weekend saw teams from Kildare, Mayo, Kerry and Derry play in the All-Ireland Intermediate championship semi-finals. These were the winners of the senior championship in those counties, up against the Intermediate champions in the major hurling counties, and coming up trumps – an extraordinary achievement.
Too often, debate about why there aren’t more stories like Naas and Kilmoyley out there, spreading the hurling gospel, goes no further than questions about when those clubs would play the extra games, where they would find the room for more training sessions, and why they would bring further confusion into an already packed fixtures schedule.
We’re not talking about a nation full of Slaughtneils and Loughmore-Castleineys. We’re just talking about offering all the meats of the GAA stew. It seems a simple ambition to aim for, but the suspicion remains that for many units, counties as well as clubs, there exists no will whatsoever for hurling.
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