Brendan Cummins keeping tabs on what was and what is to come.
Brendan Cummins keeping tabs on what was and what is to come. By Steven Kelly. It is fair to say that Brendan Cummins was and is still considered the finest Goalkeeper of all time. He was amongst a goalkeeping golden generation, with the likes of Damien Fitzhenry, Davy Fitzgerald and James McGarry, to name a few. The Ballybacon-Grange club man was netminder on 73 occasions for the premier county and put in many impressive performances along the way. Cummins gives all the credit to his local area near Ardfinnan, for his rise to Goalkeeping royalty. “ Well, I grew up in a small area in South Tipperary, about 10-15 minutes from Ardfinnan. My dad John played football for Tipperary and I suppose football would have been in me initially. Jody Spooner and Fr Moran would have done a lot of work with the Football and Hurling teams respectively. I actually played Gaelic Football in Ballyporeen before Ardfinnan. It was where I learnt a lot of my skills. Back then it was hard to sustain playing bo...