IN his winning speech from the Hogan Stand on Sunday, Louth captain Sam Mulroy began to the cheers … “After a very, very, long 68 years, the John Delaney Cup is back in Louth!”
If that was a long journey, it’s an even longer, barely imaginable one, from a Tipperary point-to-point to the winning post in the Grand National (never mind the Royal Box at Wimbledon!).


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