Ardmore are surfing the waves of success

They know plenty about life’s ebbs and flows in the seaside village of Ardmore.

The last census pegged the permanent population at just 434 souls but the number swells every summer when the tourist season kicks in and the local GAA club has experienced a similar swing between boom and bust in recent times.

For six years there they frequented the county’s senior hurling grade. Then they dropped to intermediate, which they won in 2014 only to sink back down a year later when a handful of players including Clinton Hennessy headed for foreign shores and others got injured.