http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/With+hands+and+hearts+that+knew+no+fear IrishCentral With hands and hearts that knew no fear en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the-celtic-times/the-orange-sash-and-the-clash-of-the-ash---the-munster-boys-of-melbourne-12th-july-1843-44-125347513.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the-celtic-times/the-orange-sash-and-the-clash-of-the-ash---the-munster-boys-of-melbourne-12th-july-1843-44-125347513.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:25:10 PDT
The Orange sash and the clash of the ash-The Munster Boys of Melbourne, 12th July 1843-44The Munster Clans from far and near,All thoughts of danger scorning,With hands and hearts that knew no fear,Came mustering fast that morning,A warning voice had speeded forth,Which brooked of no delay;And East and West, and South and North,Were at their posts that day-         Edmund Finn All lovers of hurling know that the ferocious intensity and at times, naked aggression of the Tipperary and Clare clashes of the mid to late 1990s were born of the antagonism that was sparked between two clashing cultures One county’s tradition spoke of a prime hurling pedigree, of Hell’s Kitchen and the Doyles, Jimmy and John And, of course, scintillating stylists like the smiling assassin Nicholas English, a brave and magnificent hurler The other county’s hurling tradition spoke of God’s musical people, the nearly men of Clare READ MORE ]]>