A mix of the good and the bad

What event is as admired in principle yet as forgettable in reality as a league semi-final?

Cod yourself about last week’s football double-header all you like, but you won’t be able to name the participant in six months’ time. One crucial difference between those games and yesterday’s is that the footballers of Dublin, Cork, Mayo and Derry are unlikely to see each other until deep in the summer.

Not so Dublin and Kilkenny, who share a province; the same for Clare and Tipperary.