Christy O'Connor: Ballina back on top and Ballyhale stunned in finale

And in Limerick, Na Piarsaigh turned the screw when it mattered. 

SUMMIT: Ballina Stephenites players celebrate with the Paddy Moclair Cup after their side's victory. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Ballina will feel it’s about time they’re back on top again 

When Crossmaglen Rangers won another Armagh title last Sunday, it largely went unnoticed that their stockpiling of county titles has been so lavish in the last three decades that the Rangers have gone to a place that no other club is anywhere near – it was their 47th county senior title.