It’s difficult to believe but by the time Pádraig Walsh won his first senior club championship proper game with Tullaroan, he already had two All-Ireland medals with Kilkenny to his name.

Fr O’Neills faced an anxious wait late last night to find out if their bid to have Mark O’Keeffe and Billy Dunne available for the AIB All-Ireland Club IHC final would be successful.

Not too many teams tend to operate with joint-captains.