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And, uh, like I think everybody in the county is well aware of him.

But from a Kilmallock perspective, um, y- you still find it hard to know where Kilmallock are exactly at, um, because, um, w- we've said they had a very easy w- they beat Na Piarsaigh in the first round, had an easy win over Doon, a relatively easy win over Barry Brown, and they had qualified, and you were saying to yourself, you know, have- Kilmallock peaked too soon.

Now, they got a very fine...

They'll have to get a couple of fine tough tests.

Three in a row.

One for Mahon and two for Mona Leigh, which, which will do them a power of good.

But y- y- you'd still have to think going into the final, Tom, and I know we'll be looking at it in greater depth next week, um, that Na Piarsaigh, you know, having notwithstanding that first-round defeat to, um, to, um, Kilmallock, they have an invincibility look about them since.

Um, like, now having said that, Doon, you know-

Glen Rovers taking on Saint Finbarr's over the weekend.

Na Piarsaigh and Glenmalure set up a Limerick senior final, uh, against each other.

Unfortunately for Jimmy Maher and the outfit, they were knocked out in Dublin.

Uh, that means that, uh, their run is at an end.

Two places in the County Senior Hurling final are up for grabs with two exciting semifinals set to take place at the home of the All-Ireland champions.

Kilmallock and Monaleen go head to head first before the meeting of Na Piarsaigh and Doon.

Oh, Luke, I mean, that's just-- I, I'm already looking at the, the four teams there.

It's gonna be, um, a seriously great day on Sunday.

Yeah, I think it definitely is.

I mean, you look at the...

Everyone will be looking at the Doon-Na Piarsaigh game, obviously, meeting the last two finals.

That's the half past 3:00 throw in.

Obviously, one side beneath them, uh, will be replacing one of them, obviously.

Uh, Kappa will face Na Piarsaigh.

Na Piarsaigh get a comfortable victory, uh, o- at the weekend over, I think was it St Pat's? And excuse me, Galbally got the better of Gerald Griffin's in a tight enou- tight enough game as well.

So they face Drumbradford.

Again, Joel, four clubs with aspirations of coming back senior, uh, coming back.

It's gonna be maybe one of the games of the weekend for me, uh, the following weekend.

And obviously, as you mentioned, Kappa, a club kind of on the rise.

They want to show that they can compete at this level too against obviously Na Piarsaigh, so they're definitely, uh, two interesting match-ups there.

Your consistency over the last five years regarding Erin Smith as well, both in league and county championship.

How important was it when the game was still in the melting pot against a team like Na Piarsaigh?

I mean, they scored a goal, uh, after half time, fair play.

They put us really under the cosh there.

I think that kind of settled us then.

But, you know, the last 10 minutes were a fierce battle, to be fair.

So, um, yeah, fair play to Na Piarsaigh, but delighted now.

Yeah.

There was no one left on their own.

And, uh, that extra game against Na Piarsaigh, I mean, it obviously went completely down to the wire.

Do you think that sort of helped you in terms of the momentum going into today?

Yeah, I think so.

Look, obviously we were six points down against Na Piarsaigh with only a few minutes to go, and then we were three points down at the end of extra time.

And like twice to...

You had to come back twice in, in those circumstances.