Hey Ho Let’s Go - End of the Famine
Talking Balls
Forty-five years and counting since Waterford last made it to an All Ireland - then they were defeated by Kilkenny 4.17 to 6.8. Forty-nine years since they won it beating, yes Kilkenny 3.12 to 1.10.
The counties lie in such close proximity with the Deise living in Kilkenny and vice-versa. The match pits members of the one family against one another. Consider the case of the Chairman of Kilkenny County Council Tomas Breathnach and his brother the Mayor of Waterford Jack Walsh. Both born in Kilkenny - Jack considers himself a true Waterford man and has his colours firmly nailed to the blue and white mast.
Sunday week then, will the Deise be good enough to stop the mighty Cats and their three in a row? Has Davy Fitz done enough to overcome years of underachieving? Will the iconoclasts from Waterford have the class to turn up and win?
Well, as legendary punk rocker Johnny Ramone famously told Paul Simonon of the Clash in 1976: “You don’t have to be good, just get out there and play”.
“Hey Ho Lets Go
Shoot em’ in the back now
What they want, I don’t know
They’re all revved up and ready to go. . .”