Ballymac second half surge prompted by calm half-time reminder

Ballymacelligott manager Ian Blake said a reminder about those they'd recently lost — Luke Silles and Jimmy Breen — helped his side comeback from two points down at the break to beat Clogher in the All-Ireland Club JFC final

Ballymacelligott are the 12th Kerry team to win the All-Ireland junior title. Pic: ©INPHO/James Lawlor

A calm reminder of who they were doing for was the gist of the dressing room half-time talk that preceded Ballymacelligott’s outstanding second-half display.

Manager Ian Blake asked the group to reproduce what they had shown in the opening five minutes but spoke of their team-mate Luke Silles who died following a swimming accident in May.