Patsy ready for another All-Ireland showdown

The countdown is well and truly on to tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC clash between Limerick and Galway and Boardsmill man Patsy Brady intends to be among the crowd - just as he has been for every hurling final since 1950.  

Now 85 Patsy has looked forward to attending Sunday's showdown for weeks and he's hoping the entertainment provided will match the hype. 

In an extensive interview in the next edition of the Meath Chronicle Patsy looks back on his life as a farmer and a hurling man - and he also outlines what keeps him fit and well now that he is in his mid-eighties. 

Over the years Patsy loved hurling and he always made sure to get a ticket. He recounts how for the Centenary final of 1984 between Cork and Offaly he found himself with four tickets although he only needed two - but he coudn't give the other two away. 

"That morning the GAA had tried to beat the touts by issuing more tickets so I ended up with two extra ones. We were outside the ground and we were shouting to the supporters going to the game that we had tickets available FOR FREE but nobody wanted them," he recalls. 

Even when he had a hip operation a few years ago there was no stopping Patsy. He still made the trip to Croke Park for the final with his crutches and watched as Clare defeated Cork.  

Well-known Boardsmill official TJ Reilly paid tribute to Patsy - and others such as Kevin Murray, Tommy Murray, Peadar Lehane and Paul Daly - who ran the club in the 1960s and onwards and helped to sustain hurling in the area. 

READ PATSY BRADY'S REMARKABLE STORY IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE MEATH CHRONICLE