Nicky English has been in touch, Liam Cahill too – Tipperary royalty praising a Limerick team on lifting silverware at Croke Park. If all politics is local, then Tipp hurling and football folk tend to look out for their own, too. Because when the history of Tipperary GAA is updated, it will certainly count David Power among the county’s most outstanding managers – a footballing trailblazer. For almost two decades, Power has given short shrift to views that certain goals are unattainable. In 2011, he managed a Tipperary minor football team to an All-Ireland final triumph at Croke Park. They beat a Dublin side that included several players who progressed to have pretty decent senior careers,...
