Covid re-established the connections between the clubs and their communities - Sense of optimism ahead of new AIL season 

Energia All-Ireland League Division 1A Final, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 1/5/2022

From Corinthian Park to Estuary Road and from Cork to Bangor, club groundsmen will be opening their gates tomorrow morning in eager anticipation of a new season as the first round of the 2022-23 Energia Men’s All Ireland League kicks off this afternoon.

With Clontarf’s Division 1A final victory over Terenure in a thrilling encounter at Aviva Stadium last May still fresh in the memory, there is plenty of optimism up and down the divisions as the men’s leagues get under way, three weeks after the women’s AIL got the ball rolling.