Billy Rackard 1930-2009 RIP

Billy Rackard, Rathnure and Wexford inter-county hurler, 4 all-Ireland final appearances, 3 all-Ireland medals (1955, 1956, 1960), a proud son of a proud county.

“At Vinegar hill the hilside blushed
terraced thousands died,
shaking sycthes at cannon…

And in the Autumn the barley grew up from their graves..”

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.

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