‘We feel we’re the centre of the universe this week’

Five days out from a first county junior football final appearance in 86 years, and Niall McCarthy has landed in Inchigeelagh.

The two-time All-Ireland-winning Cork hurler has been invited down to the Iveleary clubhouse to offer a few words of motivation prior to training at 8.30pm.

The clock moves to 8.45pm and there’s still no sign of a single cone being laid out.