'It is such a boost': Sarsfields return to Riverstown a year on from Storm Babet devastation

Sunday - a week out from the county final - was a red-letter day for the reigning champions as they returned to their Riverstown pitch for the first time in a year. 

Flooding at Sarsfield GAA's club during Storm Babet. File picture: Garvan McCarthy

Sarsfields players turned up for training early last Sunday morning with a pep in their step. It was a red-letter day for the reigning champions as they returned to their Riverstown pitch for the first time in a year.

A few days after the 2023 final, Storm Babet extensively damaged their facilities, and while they remain extremely grateful to the clubs who offered the use of their grounds, there is no place like home.