This bus, if anything could capture the essence of Ballyhale Shamrocks, must be the vehicle.

Long before the ethos of the GAA club became a marketing stick to gently beat us over the head with, one man from a small parish in West Mayo had a vision of how he could best combine his passion for a sport he loved and improve the lives of those in his local community.

Anthony Daly wrote in these pages yesterday about how the emblems on their chests can be all that separates Clare and Limerick, but there are an increasing number of occasions when even their jerseys are spun from the same wool.

There were scenes of great jubilation as Ballinderry, the Derry champions, won the AIB club All-Ireland senior football title for the first time at Thurles today beating Nemo Rangers of Cork by seven points.