Joyce treasuring quiet nature of the farm before Croke Park cauldron

A week like this, in particular, he finds the farming is all the more to be treasured. Working alongside his father, who would have coached him and multiple others with Kiltha Óg, far away from the maddening crowd.

Cork hurler Ciaran Joyce. Pic: Jim Coughlan.

For generations in Tipp, the dream summer was Cork bate and the hay saved.

For Ciarán Joyce, the dream these days is to have Tipp bate and the cows milked.