Victory tastes so sweet for Muskerry

The joy etched on the faces of Muskerry’s Dave O’Donovan and Niall Gorey said it all. Their wait for an All-Ireland title was over, they had won a Barton Shield and ended their club’s 61-year wait for glory in the national senior foursomes competition.

And after their own share of cups and shields heartbreak, their victory at Carton House last week was made all the sweeter.

O’Donovan and Gorey, along with Muskerry’s other pair Daniel Hallissey and John Waldron, had been together as a team since 2010, and shared the disappointment of missing out on a Senior Cup final three years ago when they lost their semi-final to Portmarnock at Castlerock.