Camogie isn’t what it used to be for Cork’s Gemma O’Connor, but, then again, neither is life. In two weeks’ time, the eight-time All-Star winner will line out in her 11th All-Ireland final, with Galway waiting in the wings.

Glanmire’s Hayley Lenihan and her brother Dylan will be busy this weekend - busy making both their parents proud

As events, and my 12-year-old girl would have it, I’ve just spent back-to-back Saturdays in the Parochial Hall on Cork city’s northside.