Down Memory Lane: The Rackards of Killanne March 07, 2021 Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th February 1993 The 1950s will surely be remembered by the unbiased hurling followers (if such a remarkable phenomenon really exists) not for the wonderful games between Cork and Tipperary, superb though they were, which marked the early years of the decade, nor for the thrilling nip-and-tuck clashed between Waterford and Kilkenny that saw out the period. They will be remembered for the meteoric rise and ultimate triumph of the mighty men of Wexford, that grand and gallant band of hurlers who, through most of the fifties, brought fresh glory to their county. They had a glamour all of their own, and carried with them onto the field all the hopes and all the ambitions of the many 'weaker' counties.