PM O'Sullivan: Cats and Clare complete trilogy with game that showed where each county stands

The Banner return to the All-Ireland decider but reflection is required is on Noreside. Kilkenny are currently playing far too much unKilkenny-like hurling. 

IN THE MIX: Clare's Ian Galvin under pressure from Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh at Croke Park. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Thomas Kinsella, not long gone and a fine poet, forever stressed the importance of triads in Old Irish literature.

An example? "The three finest sights in the world: a field of ripe wheat, a ship in full sail, and the wife of a Mac Donnell with child."