Thoughts of Kerry and the smaller details

WE TEND to attach more significance to the smaller details on days like these.

The big picture is easily drawn — Cork won as they pleased at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday, Clare offering even less than I thought they would. Qualifier cannon fodder.

So you rummage through the programme and look around at the size of the crowd. You engage in chat with the transistor-wielding neighbours who report the news that Tomás Ó Sé has been sent off for Kerry in Killarney.