Love these old stories . His son Paul taught me at school The Rattler a Legend of Tipperary Hurling History .. lived up the road from my grandmother, my grandmother told similar stories . Proof of how great the Irish are for stories . And those days unless you have blood on your face , you haven't played real hurling ..

Easy to see where Pat Shortt gets some of his characters.

legend!!! am f&£% proud 2 b his grandson... !!

What a character, men of steel.

Tipperary legend

Brilliant. You can see where his sons get it from :)

the voice of reason

Every county has storytellers like Rattler , probably a bit biased but hilariously entertaining. As he said, hurlers who would literally " have your life " on the field became lifetime friends with opponents , because they respected the fact that each one was doing it " for the love of their own little village " . That was the true spirit of the GAA and long may it remain that way..

R.i.p rattler

mickey, rattle them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!