‘Blazerati’ must pull up a stool and talk to the drinking man

SEÁN and Joe are making their way home from Croke Park. Once again, their team has been beaten.

But they are not overly despondent. They’re old hands. They’ve been through the drill before. The result does not ruin their day out. They had a few drinks in Dublin before the game, and a few after it. There is no particular rush home.

They stop in Drogheda. And because they know a place that opens after hours in Dundalk, they stop there too. The craic is good.