Mick McCarthy has made it clear that should Troy Parrott break into the Spurs first-team in the coming weeks and show that he’s up to the challenge, the Ireland manager would have no hesitation about fast-tracking the teenage sensation into his squad for the remaining Euro 2020 qualifiers.

Galway captain Damien Comer believes that watching the Liam MacCarthy Cup return west for the first time since 1988 lit a fire under the footballers this year.

A relative of Liam MacCarthy, the man who designed and gave his name to hurling’s most famous trophy, has stepped up his mission to honour “the forgotten man of 1916”.