Romance not in script as Kilmurry put Saints to sword

SOMETIMES, it seems, you can have your cake and eat it. Kilmurry Ibrickane didn’t just claim a county title yesterday – their third in four attempts — they did so on the back of one of those once-in-a-lifetime team performances when everything falls into place.

If there was a GAA version of Roy of the Rovers, this would be the template but with one difference – it wasn’t an individual — it was the entire St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield’s panel that were trying to win the Jack Daly Cup.

Impressive as Kilmurry were, however, their performance gave little heed to the romance of an occasion that saw their opponents, better known as a hurling power, featuring in a first senior football decider in 113 years.