Anthony Daly: One eternal truth: There’s no end to a Kilkenny man

WHEN Siobhan Madigan interviewed Colin Fennelly for RTÉ Radio 1 Sport just moments after yesterday’s All-Ireland club final, Fennelly spoke honestly and succinctly about how far this Ballyhale team have travelled, and the deep satisfaction considering the starting point of that Ballyhale odyssey.

After winning the 2015 All-Ireland club title, Ballyhale appeared to have ground to a halt. That 2015 squad had effectively broken up. O’Loughlin Gaels beat them in the 2016 county final. Their main leader, Henry Shefflin, had retired. ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick had packed up too. The young talent within the club had yet to come through but they weren’t exactly viewed as a golden generation, and there was no certainly no hint of a Ballyhale counter-revolution.