By far the best thing about the club finals is that they’re always unique. Big clubs, small clubs, city clubs, parish clubs. This Sunday will see the 55th All-Ireland club hurling final followed by the 55th club football final and in all those years down through a half-century and more, never once has a line-up been duplicated. And so, each club lands into the club finals this weekend telling themselves stories that feel entirely their own but which are all really just versions of the same yarn. The unique pull of the club finals in action.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2026 13:31 UTC