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14th August 2022
06:35pm BST

14 August 2022; Ian Byrne of Ferns St Aidan's celebrates after the Wexford County Senior Hurling Championship Final match between St Martin's and Ferns St Aidan's at Chadwicks Wexford Park in Wexford. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile[/caption]
St Martin's will be sickened but they'll have to be proud. They would hardly have believed you if, at the beginning of the year, you told them they'd start a county final without Jack, Joe and Rory O'Connor but due to injuries and an an emigration, that was exactly what they did.
But if they learned anything today it's that they've young lads they can build a future on. As mentioned above, Kyle Firman was on fire as he followed up his six from play in the semi-final with five from play today. He has the pace and the class to make an impact on the county scene. Ferns' Paul Morris, who scored two from play, was named the TG4 man-of-the-match but that was certainly a debatable one because in Joe Barrett, he had a marker who didn't give him an inch all day.
Barrett is only an under-20 but he lacks nothing in courage.
But this was Ferns' St Aidan's day. In his post-match interview, Paul Morris paid tribute to their two fallen soldiers who couldn't play on final day.
"Gavin Bailey out with a cruciate injury. Conor Scallan couldn't play after being suspended from the semi-final. It's for them lads as much as anyone."https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1559095009999200258 Up in the stands, winning captain Declan Byrne was all sorts of fired up. And why wouldn't he be.
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