Amongst the throngs of maroon wearing Cushendall players and supporters on the field after Saturday’s game, Sarsfields selector Francis Madden wiped tears from his eyes.

Craughwell 0-12 Sarsfields 0-12: Back in the glory days when Sarsfields not just ruled Galway but the country, only one player spanned all of their successes and yesterday his son came within a whisker of writing his own bit of history.