St Mullins’ biggest day sweeter because it’s Shamrocks

Does tomorrow’s Leinster final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and Naomh Moling count as a local derby?

By road, there are about 20 miles between the village of Ballyhale and the village of St Mullins. A straight line, a bird’s line? Scarcely 15 miles. Yet the two places would not see, ordinary course of events, much interaction. All the more reason to welcome the unusual turn of events that made this Leinster final.