'Still shrouded in a vague kind of anonymity, hurling doesn’t cultivate individuals so transcendent that the game itself is ever mistaken for not being the star attraction.' | ArthurJamesOD
AS THE POWER of television grew in the late fifties and early sixties, those who were propelled forward in sports and other walks of life began to find themselves under a new, relentless scrutiny… In the past, sports had been sports, and while it is true that it was also a form of entertainment, the athletes themselves, with few exceptions, were first and foremost athletes, not entertainers, and by and large that was the way they thought of themselves.
Writing in the 1990s, Halberstam’s assessment of television’s arrival was informed by its growing importance across the decades that followed. Beyond baseball alone, the sportspeople most capable of leaving a lasting mark in the public’s imagination tended to be those best suited to television’s spotlight.
Helmets have something to do with it; John Mullane, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín or Diarmuid O’Sullivan have faces many would still recognise owing to their helmet-less heads during the 1990s and ‘00s. Beyond keen followers of the modern game, it is doubtful as many would identify Tony Kelly, Seamus Callanan or Sean Finn with the same certainty today.
Sat in the lower Hogan Stand surrounded mostly by Limerick supporters, five or six men in their late 30s and early 40s occupied the row in front of me a little after the 6PM throw-in.
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