Something Irish - Challenge For St Patricks Day 2023 Poem by nigel colledge

In O'Donovan's Hotel, Clonakilty Brogan and Brophy are planning Saturday's Hurling match against Cork. Six backs two midfielders and six forwards.

Coakley, Collumb and Condon, are Brogan's choice Dabney, Daugherty and Donahue are Brophy's choice.

For midfield Egan or Ennis or Flanagan or Flaherty? Or Haggerty or Houlihan But then there is Kearney or Keohan, a difficult choice.

McAninley, McClosky, McCormick, McDermott, McLaughlin and McMahon for forwards both Brogan and Brophy agree.

So who is in goal that is the difficult question?

O'Brian, O'Keefe, O'Neil, O'Rourke, O'Shaughnessy or O'Shea. They are all good, Let's have another pint or two of Guinness!