Revelling in second crown, but Kelly says Clare class of '13 will go again

A second All-Ireland title has given Tony Kelly much more of a sense of accomplishment.

Clare's Tony Kelly celebrates All-Ireland final victory. Pic ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

The older, wiser Tony Kelly has tried to be as present as possible across Clare’s celebrations these past few weeks.

It wasn’t that his teenage version in 2013 didn’t want to soak it all in. He wasn’t able to. At that stage, he hadn’t put behind him over a decade of coming up shy in the Munster and All-Ireland stages.