CASTLECONNELL already has two hurling All-Ireland winners in Dan and Tom Morrissey, a ladies Football winner in Siofra Keane with the ladies footballers who won the junior all Ireland today- and next week they could have a Fourth.

Bláithín Herbert, whose father was the great Limerick and Ahane hurler Mícheál, is in the last eight of the National Brown Bread Baking Competition 2018.

The two semi-finals and final take place at next week’s National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore. The winner is guaranteed at least €10,00 in the Aldi and ICA-run competition. There could be a new catchphrase, instead of “Come on Ahane the spuds are boiling” it could be “Come on Ahane, Bláithín’s bread is baking!”.