I wouldn’t be a big fan of boxing as a sport but even I was aware that Katie Taylor, Irish boxing champion was having her final bout in Croke Park last night. The papers were full of it. By all accounts, as well as being a great boxer she is a very inspiring and worthy person. She did some kind of warm up session in Dublin City University (extensively covered) and did her weigh in in Trinity College (ditto). The French embassy cultural newsletter to which I am a subscriber told me about her French opponent. The neighbourhood whatsapp group gave a blow by blow account of her prowess last night (she won). The fight was on in every pub in the city. But I have to say, most surprising of all was mass this morning where we prayed for her to have a good retirement during the prayers of the faithful. Everyone’s jumping on her bandwagon.
I don’t know how I feel about boxing – it’s really not my thing.
But my brother lives near Croke Park so their parking is always a catastrophe on these occasions.
You win some you lose some, I suppose.
I gather they get priority tickets to events!
I think their proximity is more important for the Galway relatives for the Gaelic Games, football etc…?
Ah, yes, I see that…