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Unscheduled planning kicked into gear within minutes of Domhnall O’Donovan’s equaliser which earned Clare a 0-25 to 3-16 draw and means a return visit for the counties to Jones Road on Sept 28. Incredibly, last year’s clash of Kilkenny and Galway was the first All-Ireland SHC replay since 1959, and the odds on the sides finishing all square yesterday were 10/1 in places. Cork PRO Tracey Kennedy experienced the emotion pitch-side and admitted her first All-Ireland final in this role will be one she will never forget. “It was bizarre afterwards. The sense of anti-climax is huge,” said Ms Kennedy. “Everyone thought, one way or another, the intercounty season would be ending in Croke Park yesterday. And now we are planning for a replay.” She revealed that Cork officials were quickly on the phone after Gavin called a halt to secure their hotel rooms for the unexpected trip to the capital. The team spent the weekend in the DT Dublin Hotel and hope to be there again later this month. 

“The county secretary and chairman were dealing with that, but hopefully it will not be an issue,” said Ms Kennedy. “All our planning swung into action when the game finished. We hadn’t factored a replay into our preparations, so we had to start dealing with things there and then as they came up. “After a discussion we decided the banquet in the team hotel would go ahead as planned but obviously on a different scale. The feeling was that the players had to eat and that a lot of people had travelled up and made their plans to go to the post-match meal and the evening.” The result will also sweep away plans for the various Cork championships in the weeks ahead. “Yes it will cause massive headaches,” said Ms Kennedy. “The Competitions Control Committee will have to look at all of that on Monday but there will be interruptions to the schedule that had been planned for the next while.” The Clyde Court Hotel hosted the Clare team last night and operations manager Paul Behan said the result didn’t cause too much heartache in the kitchens or among staff. 

“We had 400 planned for dinner and that all went ahead as planned,” said Mr Behan. “So there was no food wasted or anything like that. The only way a result like a draw really impacts on a hotel is in terms of the number of supporters attending on the night. “Many of them would probably have headed back home to Clare and are keeping their powder dry for the replay. We were very busy on Saturday night with a huge amount of supporters around and the atmosphere was great. Our bar manager Robert Dooley is from Cork — he was at the match and was back in for the night after that, so I’m sure there will be plenty of good banter.” Clare County Council director of services Ger Dollard watched the game in Ennis, where the Town Council screened live coverage of the action in the Abbey St car park. 

The result aside, Mr Dollard was delighted with the success of the venture which attracted around 3,000 at its peak. “The day went superbly well. We had a lovely family atmosphere with good crowds and a great feeling,” said Mr Dollard. “The cheer that went up for the equaliser was like something which would have greeted the winning score in the All-Ireland final. “There is no homecoming now that there was no result in Croke Park yesterday. Yes, that presents its own difficulties in terms of logistics and planning, but is more than worth it, given the high in the county for the next few weeks. “First we have to plan for an All-Ireland U21 final next week and then all the focus will turn to the replay. “Everyone is re-arranging diaries to the weekend of Sept 28.” But for the management and staff of the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin there was no such headaches. They played hosted to the victorious Waterford minor hurlers who captured the Irish Press Cup at Croke Park yesterday for the first time since 1948 yesterday.

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