What Tullamore told us

John Manning gives us the numbers & stats behind last weekend's Inter-County in Tullamore

Ladies

Kildare’s first win in the Inter-County in six years was also their ninth overall.
Marian Byrne now has nine National Ladies Inter-County championship winning medals. She has also played on every victorious Kildare team since 1997.
Tara Dillon has played on eight winning Kildare teams, Chrissie Byrne and Margaret Keogh seven and Mairead O'Toole three.
Mary Donnelly wins her second National Ladies Inter-County winning medal, 17 years after she won her first, at Larkspur Park in ‘97.
The three Byrne sisters have played together on five Kildare National Ladies Inter-County championship winning sides.
Dublin have now finished second 11 times in the National Ladies Inter-County, the same as Kildare. Ger Ward has been on seven of those Dublin teams, Sheelagh Elmes on six.
It was Offaly’s best ever performance in the National Ladies Inter-County

Gents B

It was Clare’s best all time performance in the second tier of the Inter-County. The Banner County’s previous best performance was third in Seapoint back in 2002 when Declan Sheedy and Marty Fawl were also involved.
Waterford were also the runners-up that year in Seapoint. Billy Aspel was a member of that particular team.
Clare did once finish second in the Anchor Cup back in Lakewood in 1993.
Galway's previous best performance in the second tier of the Inter-County Championship was seventh at Waterford Crystal in 1999.

Gents A

A landmark 20th win for Cork at the Inter-County championship, extending the Rebels' lead at the top of the all-time list. Cork won for the 11th time in 12 years and for the 12th time in 15 years.
Ray Murphy and John Walsh now have 13 All Ireland Gent's Inter-County championship winning medals, extending their joint lead at the top of the all time list.
John Cahill now has eight Inter-County championship winning medals, Kieran Dunscombe five, Frank Dineen and Bryan Delaney four apiece.
Cork have now finished in the top two in the last 21 Gents Inter-County Championships in-a-row. John Walsh and Ray Murphy have been on board every one of those teams. They also achieved another milestone today. The 17 year span between their first and latest Inter-County win moves ahead of Cork legend Mick Forrest and now only Chris Scannell and the late Jim Connolly are better on that particular list.
Dublin have been runners-up in the Gents Inter-County twelve times, that's more than any other county.
Junior Smith was an Inter-County runner-up at Tullamore for the 2nd time in his career, having been on the 1986 Dublin team that finished 2nd to Kerry at Tullamore.
Tullamore has been a happy hunting ground for Kerry Inter-County teams. Kerry won the Championship the last time it was held in Tullamore in 1986.
Mark Millar helped Dublin to second place in the Inter-County Championship, 12 years after he was on a Louth winning team at Seapoint.