Tyrone tough it out as luckless Lilies fall short

GIVEN the week just passed, who better than those four ageing Irish rockers to sum it all up?

‘Faraway, So Close’ was the fifth track from U2’s 1993 Zooropa album and it fits the story of this All-Ireland quarter-final like a glove.

Just like in the Leinster final against Dublin, Kildare found themselves neck and neck with a more fancied runner coming off the final bend, only to be left gasping for air and eating dust in those cruel final yards.