GAA talking points: An Ulster epic, Walsh gets his medal

A first Ulster title was bound to unleash an emotional firestorm but Glen were giddy with delirium by that stage, especially with how the game ended
GAA talking points: An Ulster epic, Walsh gets his medal

DELIRIUM: A Glen supporter celebrates after the AIB Ulster GAA Football Senior Club Championship Final match between Glen Watty Graham's of Derry and Kilcoo of Down at the Athletics Grounds in Armagh. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

An epic in Ulster 

At the end of an epic game, the air around the pitch in the Athletic Grounds was suffused with green and yellow smoke. The first flare was lit in the terraced stand after Ethan Doherty’s point sailed over the bar with five minutes remaining to push Glen two ahead, but the final whistle triggered such an eruption that the pitch was thick from smoke pluming from flares like factory chimneys.

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