To prove he is good enough to play inter-county football, twice a week Shane McGrath makes the two-and-a-half-hour journey from Dublin, where he was born and where he has played his club football all his life, to Clare, the county of his parents.

Right now they have hardly a care in the world, outside the small matter of trying to win the All-Ireland.

John Kennedy has announced his resignation as manager of the Clare football team.