GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 34 – September 19, 2015 | Page 25

have departed the stage by July. Dreams shattered, it’s back
to club duty and wondering what might have been. The talk
of a second tier championship with a possible reward of running out on Croke Park on All Ireland Day must be a burning
sensation, something to aim at to recompense for the rigorous
efforts week after week after week in the dull, dark and painfully cold training fields from Christmas to the balmier times
around Easter when training steps up several gears for another crack at the championship. It has to chan