True tale of toil and triumph

Westmeath 0-12 Laois 0-10

It's a cold winter's night, home-fire burning, Werther's Originals on a tray. You know the cliché.

The grandfather is about to recount his favourite tale. It's Westmeath's first Leinster title and a rogue from Kerry who became their saviour; it's about watching David O'Shaughnessy lift the Delaney Cup and standing over a maroon sea declaring it "a historic day for Westmeath people, young and old, all over the world."