The 50 Toughest, Meanest, Scariest Hard-Men in Hurling History
They were men equally respected and feared. They were scary at times. And, throughout their careers, they were acknowledged as the ‘Hardest’ men who ever played hurling.
This unique book examines the 50 toughest men who ever played the game, including Cork’s Rock O’Sullivan and Johnny Crowley, Limerick’s Diarmuid Byrnes, Tipperary’s Kieran Carey and John Doyle and John Leahy, Waterford’s Ken McGrath, Kilkenny’s Frank Cummins and JJ Delaney, Offaly’s Martin Hanamy and Padraig Horan, Wexford’s Martin Quigley, Galway’s John Connolly and Pete Finnerty, and Antrim’s Terence McNaughton.
For the first time, these legendary men of steel take a bow in one book which celebrates their brilliant careers, and extracts first person testimony from so many of their opponents and victims.
They were men equally respected and feared. They were scary at times. And, throughout their careers, they were acknowledged as the ‘Hardest’ men who ever played hurling.
This unique book examines the 50 toughest men who ever played the game, including Cork’s Rock O’Sullivan and Johnny Crowley, Limerick’s Diarmuid Byrnes, Tipperary’s Kieran Carey and John Doyle and John Leahy, Waterford’s Ken McGrath, Kilkenny’s Frank Cummins and JJ Delaney, Offaly’s Martin Hanamy and Padraig Horan, Wexford’s Martin Quigley, Galway’s John Connolly and Pete Finnerty, and Antrim’s Terence McNaughton.
For the first time, these legendary men of steel take a bow in one book which celebrates their brilliant careers, and extracts first person testimony from so many of their opponents and victims.
They were men equally respected and feared. They were scary at times. And, throughout their careers, they were acknowledged as the ‘Hardest’ men who ever played hurling.
This unique book examines the 50 toughest men who ever played the game, including Cork’s Rock O’Sullivan and Johnny Crowley, Limerick’s Diarmuid Byrnes, Tipperary’s Kieran Carey and John Doyle and John Leahy, Waterford’s Ken McGrath, Kilkenny’s Frank Cummins and JJ Delaney, Offaly’s Martin Hanamy and Padraig Horan, Wexford’s Martin Quigley, Galway’s John Connolly and Pete Finnerty, and Antrim’s Terence McNaughton.
For the first time, these legendary men of steel take a bow in one book which celebrates their brilliant careers, and extracts first person testimony from so many of their opponents and victims.