Independent.ie Dermot Crowe: Loughrea have shed their old tag of an overly-physical team and are now viewed as a classy one for the purists
In the words of former player John Dooley, Loughrea is a “proud hurling town”. And while that has remained a constant, in rich times and poor, local pride will reach bursting point if captain Ian Hanrahan has the Tommy Moore Cup with him on the team’s homecoming after today’s meeting with Ballygunner.