Henry Shefflin Brian Cody handshake

There are few photographs in sport quite as famous as that of the handshake shared between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy after the Republic of Ireland's 2002 ...

To be eligible to play at inter-county level in Gaelic Games, you have to be a resident of the county, or else work in another. In hurling, there is a far greater desire to bring in managers from outside. When Shefflin became the Galway manager, it was a shock. Neither man actually ordered from the waiter that day and Cody made it clear that Tyrrell was yesterday’s man. They shook hands on it and Tyrrell was gone. Cody clasped Shefflin’s hand and when Shefflin turned to leave, kept a tight hold.