Anthony Daly: 'Lifting Mick Mackey. After 26 years I can see it, I have the smell of it'

Clare would take one for now and Dalo, who lifted their last one, senses a long wait ending.

SMELL HISTORY: Seánie McGrath, Mark Landers, Anthony Daly, T.J. Ryan and Liam Sheedy on stage for the Dalo’s Hurling Show live at the Douglas GAA Club.. Pic: Chani Anderson

The Dalo Live roadshow pulled into Douglas GAA Club Thursday night to preview the weekend’s provincial finals and the man at the wheel first had to face up to rash predictions made on the last live outing at the start of the hurling championship.

Anthony Daly put it to TJ Ryan, “I said Limerick wouldn’t qualify from the round robin, you were adamant Clare wouldn’t qualify. We were wrong.”