{"id":375,"date":"2009-10-06T23:58:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T22:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?p=375"},"modified":"2009-10-23T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T09:14:47","slug":"sean-og-still-producing-the-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Sean Og Still Producing the Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always heartening to see someone still living and working to the best of their ability in their eighties.\u00a0 This is the case with Sean Og O Ceallachain who is the co-author (along with Owen McCann) of a book that has just been launched entitled &#8220;The Liam MacCarthy Cup&#8221;.<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-376\" href=\"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?attachment_id=376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-376\" title=\"9780717144983\" src=\"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/9780717144983.gif\" alt=\"9780717144983\" width=\"100\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s basically a reference hurling book that charts the games that were played out since 192<span id=\"sample-permalink\">3 wh<\/span>ere the MacCarthy Cup was the prize.\u00a0 Among the finals highlighted are the Thunder and Lightning final of 19<span id=\"sample-permalink\">39 &#8211; play<\/span>ed in a deluge while a real war erupted elsewhere in Europe &#8211; and the stunning smash-and-grab win by Offaly in 1994, when they scored 2-5 in the last 6 minutes to make the most unlikely of comebacks.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the photographs, there is one of my father lining out for Waterford in the 1959 All-Ireland; the last time a hurling final was replayed and which was played (precisely to the day and date last Sunday) 50 years ago in an October that was also unseasonably warm.<\/p>\n<p>Sean &amp; Owen describe this final as a &#8220;sporting game&#8221; where a composed display from Waterford\u00a0 saw the Noreside neighbours (who were also bogeymen back then) off.\u00a0 The authors also refer to both sets of players congratulating one another whole-heartedly at the end.<\/p>\n<p>In Waterford, the traditional view of Kilkenny is that of a side that has always relied more on its skill than its brawn &#8211; the opposite to what the traditional view of the Tipp sides of that era in particular &#8211; at least, that&#8217;s the distinct impression I get from talking to some of those men.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it&#8217;s a hurling book worth checking out &#8211; a well-written series of accounts of the finals that serve as a reminder of so many great matches.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"..\/?page_id=17\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click here\" src=\"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Front-cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a>\u201c<strong>My Father: A Hurling Revolutionary, the life and times of Ned Power<\/strong>\u201d is out on paperback at the end of November 2009.\u00a0 <a href=\"..\/?page_id=17\">Click here<\/a> for further information, <a href=\"..\/?page_id=17\" target=\"_self\"><strong>pre-order<\/strong><\/a> and excerpt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always heartening to see someone still living and working to the best of their ability in their eighties.\u00a0 This is the case with Sean Og O Ceallachain who is the co-author (along with Owen McCann) of a book that &hellip; 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