Galway hurling legend Joe Canning will be at Kennys Bookshop on November 15th to join Joe Connolly in conversation about his biography, Joe Canning: My Story

Event Tickets: €5 each

Joe Canning is a five-time All-Star hurler. In 2017 he won a senior All-Ireland medal for Galway, defeating Waterford to bring the Liam MacCarthy Cup back across the Shannon for the first time in 29 years and earning the Hurler of the Year Award. 

Joe Canning will be interviewed by Joe Connolly, former Galway hurler who played centre-forward at senior level for Galway and played a key role on the team for almost a decade. Twice an All-Ireland runner-up, Connolly captained Galway to win the All-Ireland in 1980.

About Joe Canning: My Story

The youngest of seven children from a renowned Portumna hurling family, Joe Canning was regarded as a prodigy from the moment he stepped onto the pitch as a boy. Could he really be as great as everyone said he was? The answer appeared to be yes when, aged just 19, he burst onto the national radar scoring 2–12 for Galway and very nearly winning the game for his team against Cork.

In his highly anticipated memoir, Joe delves into the highs and lows of a remarkable career – the standards of excellence he at times felt chained to, the suffocation of trying to meet other people’s expectations, his parents’ battles with cancer and the perspective that brought as he strove for greatness and how he made peace with his decision to retire.