There's a certain poignancy to Tipperary playing Cork this Saturday, given that it’s a fixture in which Dillon Quirke made what proved to be his last appearance for the county.
Just over two months after that 12-point defeat which abruptly ended Tipp’s Championship campaign last May, the 24-year-old tragically died on the Semple Stadium sod while playing for his club, Clonoulty-Rossmore, whose grounds have since been named after him.
Yesterday, inter-county hurling managers from across the spectrum gathered at the club for the launch of the Dillon Quirke Foundation fundraising drive in association with the Circet All-Ireland GAA Golf Challenge.
