For The Kingdom

An Phiast is practicing his hurling free kicks. He imagines he’s on the pitch in Croke Park preparing to take a last minute free. If he scores, Kerry will win their first All-Ireland Hurling Championship since 1891. 

He shoots, the sliotar bounces off the posts and over the bar. The crowd goes wild. An Phiast raises the Liam McCarthy over his head before a sheep’s bah interrupts his dream.