Colm Cooper the thread linking all that’s good about Dr Crokes

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 1-14 Kilmurry-Ibrickane (Clare) 0-8: The last time Dr Crokes travelled by road and sea from Killarney up to this scenic part of west Clare they got enough of a scare to ensure that they never took their foot off the pedal at Páirc Naoimh Mhuire yesterday.

Forewarned was enough to ensure that the Kerry champions were forearmed and after capably dealing with an early surge from the Clare champions, the Kerry visitors got on top in all the key positions and controlled the game from there to the end.

The ferry home from Killimer to Tarbert might have been rockier than anything they endured from a Kilmurry-Ibrickane side who won their 14th Clare crown just seven days earlier in a replay.