Tag: Pat Horgan

  • Thanks ‘Hoggy’ the pleasure has been all ours

    Thanks ‘Hoggy’ the pleasure has been all ours

    I’ve no connection to Co Cork. Save for being transported there while still in the Moses Basket because my sister was competing in athletics in The Mardyke. Also competing on same ‘card’ that day was one G. Geraghty (Kentstown AC). Isn’t it funny the way the wheels of life turn? Other than that, the other…

  • A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured

    A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured

    Anyone who has been perusing material in this space for long enough will undoubtedly have seen reference made to the Corner House. That being my father’s ancestral family home. A book could and maybe one day will be produced on how beloved the old place was to me. Its appearance here today pertains to the…

  • Things going to script is a one way street

    Things going to script is a one way street

    It’s strangely apt to be writing the following just as the Tailteann Cup semi finals are down for decision. The point was made not so long ago on these pages that hurling was ahead of football in coming up with a tiered championship. Because of the inception of the McDonagh, Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cup…

  • Insulting snub of Cork makes mockery of All Stars

    Insulting snub of Cork makes mockery of All Stars

    In the life of this writer, 1991 was a strange, upsetting year. Yes I was only 10 but even then it was clear that what to many or most would be rudimentry goings on had a deep and lasting emotional impact on yours truly. Mind you, they had enough bloody practice that year. This corner’s…