MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: An evening to remember but a tradition under threat

Perhaps it was just the imagination, and the Wexford colours flying on the bridge in New Ross weren’t snapping in the wind a bit louder than usual, but that’s how it seemed.

That’s the effect a win like Wexford’s over Kilkenny last Saturday night can have: everything is imbued with significance when bathed in the after-glow.

Your correspondent didn’t spend all that much time in Wexford town ahead of the game, but the streets around the stadium were thrumming with anticipation ahead of throw-in, with every parking spot within a mile or more well occupied, and the North End United FC playing fields were chock-a-block with cars sporting decorations in either black and amber or purple and gold.