My sporting hero was my grandfather.
My love of sport was shaped by his. Eddie Hogan made it all the way to the age of 100 years, five months and five days before he was called to the great gig in the sky last week.
Right until the end, Grandad Eddie’s passion for family, music, and sport burned strongly. It’s what sustained him for 20 years after the passing of his beloved wife Bríd.
He’d often be found watching Liverpool on the telly while reading a Glen hurling report in The Echo and holding a radio up to his ear for the Munster rugby latest.
His ability to take it all in was no surprise given he would reminisce about games from the 1930s and ‘40s with…