Cork football legend on his fight with and recovery from ‘one-in-five-million’ form of lung disease
Cork legend Larry Tompkins with his Hall of Fame award at the Gaelic Writers’ Association Awards, supported by Dalata Hotel Group at the Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge and, right, lifting Sam Maguire in 1990. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
A couple of weeks back when the weather was mild and dry, Larry Tompkins did something he and almost everyone else takes for granted – he cut the grass.
It was a milestone, the first time in a long time. And a sign to him of some progress.