Ballyea’s blend of steel and skill proves decisive

It’s an incredible tale of achievement by the small village, buffered, as it is, by players from the football strongholds of Ballynacally, Kilmihil and Cooraclare.
Tradition wasn’t on their side arriving into Thurles yesterday, but Munster’s new order showed scant regard for the lines of symmetry which ran between the Glen’s storied past and current crop.