‘We’ll get a senior All-Ireland here in a couple of years’

Forget all the furore over the drawn All-Ireland senior hurling final between Cork and Clare on Sunday last — there was an All-Ireland hurling title won, and while it may officially have been the minor final, for Waterford’s long-suffering hurling supporters it was a major win.

So it was that those same supporters turned out in their thousands yesterday evening to welcome home their heroes, first in Waterford then on to Dungarvan.

“It’s been 65 years since the Irish Press trophy travelled over the bridge,” said Mayor John Cummins in welcoming the champions back to the city, “That makes this even sweeter!”