'59 An Eyewitness Account Of Hurling's Golden Age by Brian Kelly

ISBN : 9781910827864

59 An Eyewitness Account Of Hurling's Golden Age by Brian Kelly. 1959 A YEAR... AND A SUMMER WHICH HAS LASTED 65 YEARS. MENTION '59 IN WATERFORD AND THE FIRST THOUGHT WILL ALWAYS BE THE LAST ALL-IRELAND HURLING TITLE. THE PLAYERS OF THAT YEAR WROTE THEIR NAMES INTO HISTORY, AND THEY BELIEVED MANY MORE WATERFORD PLAYERS WOULD FOLLOW THEM IN QUICK SUCCESSION. BUT THE HEROES OF THE SUMMER OF '59 RETIRED AND GREW OLD. MOST HAVE SINCE LEFT US BUT THEIR LEGACY LOOMS LARGE. THIS IS THEIR STORY - FROM THOSE WHO LIVED WITH THEM, THOSE WHO BATTLED AGAINST THEM, THOSE WHO INSPIRED THEM... AND FROM THE MEN THEMSELVES. THIS IS 59. BRIAN KELLY is a lifelong Waterford hurling fan. He is co-author of the Centenary History of Erin's Ow GAA Club. An eternal optimist, he looks forward to Waterford regaining the Liam MacCarthy Cup next year.