The last weekend in October generated big talking points around the country.
The modern dominance Ballyhale Shamrocks have enjoyed, not only in their local patch in Kilkenny, but further afield in Leinster and then on the national stage, has been extraordinary. They were dislodged by a single point in yesterday’s Kilkenny county final, ending a remarkable run of success.
Na Piarsaigh only won their maiden Limerick title win in 2011 but Saturday’s success was their eighth. They have completed back-to-back final victories for the second time in that time frame. Stitching wins together is no problem for St Thomas, soaring to new heights for their group yesterday in Galway with a sixth title on the bounce, matching the great team of the ’60s from Turloughmore, the club they held off for victory yesterday.
For Na Fianna the last two years have been tough, succumbing to Kilmacud Crokes in two successive finals. In 2021 they coughed up a nine-point advantage in normal time and lost in extra-time, last year they slipped up by three points to the same opponents. Even without their talisman Donal Burke, they still coped at the third time of asking. The Currie brothers struck 2-15 between them as they blitzed Ballyboden St-Enda’s to win their first title in style.4.
Rathgormack participated in Munster in 2019, but that was their first foray in two decades in the province. Castlehaven last figured back in 2013. They are both on the same side of the draw as Cratloe, the Clare standard-bearers returning to this stage for the first time in nine campaigns.5. Crunching the figures in Derry and Tyrone
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