Why omit such a fine role model?

THE departure of Seán Óg O hAilpín from the inter-county scene is one of those events that comes along to remind you that you’re getting older, not younger.

Greyer, not darker. Or at least greyer in those places which aren’t getting shinier.

However, O hAilpín’s fitness and physique have been such that his formal exit from inter-county activity still seems surprising, even at the age of 33.