This is simply the second weekend in May and already the All-Ireland hurling and soccer championships are travelling at a fee of knots. There have been some magnificent games – witness the hurling conflict of Kilkenny and Galway last weekend or the riveting penalty shoot-out between the footballers of Clare and Limerick. But there may be an undeniably discordant environment about the whole show. The hazy warmth of championship days – ninety nine climate – is a part of the Irish DNA. The event appeared to begin with none actual fanfare.

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