There was also good news for Meath's Páirc Tailteann and Kildare’s St Conleth’s Park.

Ciarán Kilkenny no doubt had to check he wasn't still sleeping when he saw his phone this morning.

RTÉ can expect repercussions from the GAA after what president Liam O’Neill deemed the “shocking imbalance” of their reportage of the Sky Sports media rights agreement.