The boys of summer give us one final taste of spring

A first-hand account of the league final

Kilkenny needed to put some doubt into Clare heads. They got Tipp instead. A good match but it was the end of spring, not the start of summer. It won’t haunt anybody.

Three of us in the car to Thurles. Mé féin, Gatch and Eddie. Two Cork men and a poor fella from Tipp holding his own. First day of summer? Last day of spring? We’ll know later.