Sir, – Having been around a number of counties, countrywide, as the GAA club championships were being played out in all codes and at all grades, for both women and men, it was striking and provoking to observe the splendour of club colours waving proudly at the passer-by.
It was striking in the sense that the flags flew just as emotively whether at a rural “cross-roads community”, a village, a town or an urban area, often delineating club boundaries whereby differing colours were nailed up on opposite sides of the same road.
It was provoking in that it caused me to seriously reflect on my ongoing questioning of the “split season” between inter-county and club competitions. There is on doubt that the club season affords an assured and clearly defined window for communities to muster, collaborate and be the best they can be, whether on the pitch or along the sideline, irrespective of their teams’ grade or code.
My dissension is disintegrating. – Yours, etc,
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MICHAEL GANNON,
Kilkenny.