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A flame has gone out but Quirke kept the fire burning

Words are easy. Until they're not.

How often do we hear the stock phrases of shock after yet another tragedy? How people never expect "something like that" to happen here – long after Ireland has taught us that things like that happen everywhere, writes Donagh McGrath.

On Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1, three Tipperary people grappled with the scale of the tragedy which had, just over 12 hours earlier, fallen on a small hurling club, a hurling county and the hurling country.

Liam Sheedy and Shane McGrath are hurling analysts and experienced broadcasters. They spoke eloquently about Dillon Quirke, the county hurler who had died after collapsing while playing for his home club, Clonoulty-Rossmore, just the night before.

For Sheedy, the GAA community has lost not only a great hurler, but a great person.

"Lockdown was tough for everyone but Dillon had set up his own gym in the back of the house and was doing wonderful training on his own. He really was meticulous about his preparation.

"Even in 2020, to give you the other side outside of hurling, we organised a day where we might go and visit people [during the pandemic]. Dick Martin, he's everything that the community in Clonoulty is all about. Myself and Dillon went in and the way he chatted to Dillon, the conversation they had over the 20 minutes or half hour he was there and Dillon gave him the signed Tipperary jersey.

"He was dear, he was on my leadership group. He was just a really, really good player and a joy to be around."

Shane McGrath saw a young player with the world at his feet.

"Anytime I met him he just had that feeling of leadership, that devilment that I love seeing in lads.

"I think he was always a glass half full person from the times I met him and hearing stories

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