Fresh from winning a first Clare senior hurling title, Ballyea are now daring to dream that bit more after they surprised Thurles Sarsfields to reach a Munster final.
Midfielder Tony Kelly hit 1-10 for the Clare champions in Ennis in a pulsating battle that was decided after extra time.
Reflecting on Ballyea's journey so far, Kelly told RTÉ Sport: "It's a rollercoaster. You can't write the script. We're a small club in Clare and we've reached a Munster final. We want to have right cut now and try and win it.
"Not only are we representing Ballyea, but we're also representing Clare and there's a great honour in that."
Providing the opposition in the Munster decider will be Cork's Glen Rovers, who edged out Patrickswell by a point in their semi-final.
The nature of Ballyea's win over Sarsfields will be good preparation for the next assignment after reeling their opponents in late on to force extra-time thanks to a sublime goal from dual star Gary Brennan and then dictating affairs in overtime to win by two points.
"Heart and desire is what you can put down for our performance," was Kelly's summation of the effort.
"We were seven points down at one stage but we kept plugging away and kept pegging it back. We needed a wonder moment to get back into and thankfully Gary provided that to bring it back level."
Goals, as they say win games, and on the green flags raised by Gary Brennan and then Damien Burke in extra time, Kelly added: "If it was inter-county level, you'd be raving about Gary's goal. He was in the right position to win the right ball, take it on and then finish it.
"Gary then won a great ball and laid it off to Burkey. He has great hands and delivered a great finish."
"You need goals to beat a team like Thurles. We got them at the right times."
