If counties want a longer sum­mer, he threw out a bit of a curve­ball by arguing for an All-Ire­land ‘B’ title. Play off two matches there and have an All-Ire­land B final, if you want to call it that, before the All-Ire­land senior final. The idea of Tip­per­ary for example, last year’s All-Ire­land cham­pi­ons, going full steam for a ‘B’ All-Ire­land is hard to ima­gine. Ima­gine ask­ing Donegal, after los­ing to Down in Ulster, about com­pet­ing for a ‘B’ All-Ire­land? 19 July 2026; Gearóid Hegarty of Limerick during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Galway and Limerick at Croke Park in Dublin.