Lynskey: Galway well prepared for the difficult second album

The year ends with an eight, Galway are reigning All-Ireland champions, there’s a McInerney in the half-back line and a Cooney in the half-forwards.

Thirty years on from that title defence, the stars are aligned once more but there is substance behind the horoscopy.

Gearóid McInerney may carry the name, hold the hurley the same way and, minus the moustache, have the look of his father Gerry but he is of another mould.