Anthony Daly: Galway rode their luck while Clare hammered out their own

Clare's John Conlon and manager Brian Lohan after the game. ©INPHO/James Crombie

For the first time in over two decades, I found myself on the pitch after a Clare victory. Like everyone else, I got caught up in the euphoria and couldn’t contain my delight. I was hoping I might meet Brian Lohan but I ran into a handful of old comrades on the field; Niall Gilligan, Eamonn Taaffe, Stephen McNamara. It felt like the old days again.

Gilly was with his young fella, who I had never met before. The place was thronged with young kids in Clare jerseys, many of whom would have been too young to remember 2013, or even the All-Ireland semi-finals in 2018, but who are now being exposed to this glorious carnival of Clare delight and ecstasy.