1906 – Match is Cursed as Three Footballs Are Burst
The Nationalist, 29 October 1906
To paraphrase that great aficionado of Gaelic Football, Mr. Oscar Wilde;
“To lose one football may be regarded as a misfortune;
To lose both looks like carelessness;
To lose a third smacks of someone sticking a knife in them.”
Tipperary was playing Kilcash in the 1906 County Football championship and they, literally, couldn’t keep it kicked out to them:
