'They always brought happiness to me and everyone else in Offaly when I was going through it so it helped out.'
Another All-Ireland final against Tipperary at Nowlan Park beckons for Offaly youngster Liam Hoare, but he’s on quite the journey since the last one.
But although he couldn’t play, he was still very much part of the group. Manager Leo O’Connor made sure of that. In each of the last two matches, the Leinster final and semi-final against Dublin and Kilkenny respectively, Hoare saved a penalty in games that were won by just a single score, along with some other crucial interventions.“I just kind of go out and hope for the best as such. You try and look at the way they’re going and hopefully they go that way then.
His emergence with Offaly didn’t sit well with some locals however, with abusive graffiti appearing when he played in the 2000 All-Ireland final, eventually leading to prosecutions and fines.
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