It was just last Saturday at the Cork-Kerry game at Pairc Ui Chaoimh that Larry Tompkins met Teddy McCarthy for what would prove to be the final time.
“He was in great form,” noted Tompkins. “It’s just so sad. I suppose it’s an alarm bell for everybody. You never know, do you?
“He travelled up to the hurling match on Sunday with Tomas Mulcahy and in fact was going for a drink on Monday evening with a friend of mine only he said that he couldn’t make it. Then the following day he was found in bed.
