Cork players, from left, Larry Tompkins and John O’Driscoll celebrate after their side’s victory in the All-Ireland Senior
Football Championship Final between Cork and Mayo at Croke Park in Dublin on September 17, 1989. Photo: Ray
McManus / Sportsfi le. Three and a half decades ago, a Kildare man climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand to lift the Sam Maguire aloft, capping the greatest summer of all for those on Leeside. The towering figure of Larry Tompkins captained his adopted county to their sixth All-Ireland title, their second in a row, and their second…
