Tommy Quigley hugged his sons and team-mates Stephen and Shane as Thurles celebrated their first AIG Pierce Purcell Shield win for 18 years.

When Jim and Marie Quigley moved from Dundalk to its rural environs, they named their new home after their son who tragically drowned as a child.

Roslea 1-12 Belcoo 1-09

The light and heat generated in recent weeks about the need for reform in Gaelic football has been entertaining, if a little inconclusive.

Rose Martin reports on St Anne’s Hydro which has a rich history.