Gael force flourishes at Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta

The last lick of paint was applied one hour before Jimmy Buckley took to the stage in Ballyvourney last night.

It has been a three-year process, but the Mid-Cork village is ready: the dressing rooms are furnished, the toilets plumbed, the kitchen fitted, the grass cut, the pitches lined, the scoreboards erected, the bar stocked, the bread buttered, the ham bought, the hotels booked, the entertainment secured, and the dignitaries en route.

Now, quips Naomh Abán chairman Cathal Ó Riada, the real work begins.