This Sunday sees the Wicklow SHC final take place and there is a distinct Wexford feel to it as defending champions Glenealy prepare to face Bray Emmets.

Both sides are not only managed by Wexford men, but they are from the same club in the Model County.

Glenealy are managed by All-Ireland winner Gary Laffan, while Bray Emmets have Paul Carley in charge and both hail from the Glynn-Barntown club in Wexford.

Speaking to the Wicklow People, Laffan admitted that the situation has their home parish talking about it.

“I would have hurled with Paul for years,” said Laffan. “He’s a few years younger than me so I wouldn’t have hurled much underage with him, but he came on the scene three or four years after I had established myself and we would have hurled together for ten or 12 years.

“We’d have a good tradition down here. It’s the talk of the parish at the moment, there’s a bit of fun about it, but at the end of the day, Paul is doing his job, I’m doing my job and we both enjoy what we do, but there won’t be anything personal. There’ll be bragging rights for a week or two and that’s it.”

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