PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

With a surname like his, Tom O’Flaherty sounds as though he ought to be a godsend for Ireland, especially the Gaeltacht areas along the Wild Atlantic Way. If only it was that simple.
For all their expertise in genealogy and success in tracking down likely lads long lost to distant shores, the Irish Exiles appear to have been unable as yet to find an ancestral link for a wing who helped Exeter win the Champions Cup two years ago.
O’Flaherty’s apprenticeship as a part-timer in the Welsh League suggests that the Londoner of Jam...