Could it be that Galway finally feel at home in Munster?

It’s less than two years since Galway’s beef with the ostracisation of their underage teams from Leinster’s minor and U21 grades morphed into the suggestion that the county should think about hopping over another fence and into Munster’s field instead.

The idea emanated from the Liam Mellows club at the 2016 county convention and, if that was the nuclear option, then there were further grounds for going to war over what amounted to their second-class citizenship in the east. By that stage, Galway’s hurlers had played 23 championship games on the spin without a single home fixture.

Sense eventually prevailed. Mostly.