Kieran Shannon: Facing into dark days, we're lucky to still have GAA action

Now instead of being confined to a diet of whether Burnley can beat West Brom, we can ask again: Will Clare beat Limerick this Sunday?

Tyrone assistant kitman Martin Keenan sanitises the footballs ahead of Sunday’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Donegal in Ballybofey. ‘A round of league action has prompted all kinds of exciting prospects and possibilities,’ writes Kieran Shannon. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve been missing until it’s back.

Only a short while ago there as the club championships were in full swing, inter-county football seemed so passé.