Savouring every moment of a journey 45 years in the making

The colour starts south of the border.

Roll through Charleville and the car dealer on the outer edge has Cork colours on one side, and Limerick on the other side. (“Very clever,” said a daughter on an earlier trip, hopefully showing the entrepeneurial spark that will keep her father in his old age.)

Cross into the territory of the 2018 All-Ireland champions and the law of unintended consequences is immediately manifest.