Hurling nation reporting for duty and glad to be back.
It's not summer yet but thankfully there is a clearing in the dense fog of the GAA calendar and we have sight of the splendour of the hurling championship once more.
Getting us going tomorrow are the hurlers of Antrim and Dublin. When Rishi Sunak was pretending to point out the sights of Belfast to Joe Biden last week, I'll bet he missed Corrigan Park.
The Saffrons will welcome home comforts but the Dubs, under new manager Micheál Donoghue, should prevail.
Next up will be a Saturday matinee from Salthill featuring Galway and Wexford.
The current league isn't the best guide but the final table left Wexford with just one win over Westmeath.
They were shipping more than two goals a game. Darragh Egan has a lot of screws to tighten and some hatches to batten down.
Galway come to the championship, as always, with a tasty assortment of forwards to choose from and a king of forwards coaching them. That should be enough for them.
Rounding us off on Saturday night is Westmeath's trip to Nowlan Park.
On the back of the Cats' mauling by Limerick a fortnight ago, and Westmeath missing some key players, I expect there to be only one result here.
Waterford versus Limerick on Sunday is the glamour show in the schedule this weekend.
It's Munster Championship. We're not saying it's a superior product, because that doesn't need saying.
Limerick were asleep at the wheel when they lost their first league match to Cork but they shook themselves back to life after that and finished by swatting Kilkenny aside in the final
Along the way, Limerick blooded some new players and rested some old ones. They have Cian Lynch's sorcery on tap again, Aaron Gillane is in from the cold and four-in-a-row is a great sauce for the hungry.
Having crashed and burned in last year's championship, Waterford reached for hurling's human defibrillator.
Every hurler on the ditch has a strong opinion on Davy Fitz.
Some are muttering that Davy is too attack-minded. Not long ago, many from the parish were moaning that he was too much of the opposite mind.
Waterford are better than what they have shown in the league. Expect fireworks in this one. But with some injury concerns for the Déise, it looks like Davy versus Goliath is going to go the way of the favourite this time.
Clare and Tipperary wrap up the weekend on Sunday evening.
Tipp, under Liam Cahill, galloped through Division 1 Group B, beating all-comers and hammering in 14 goals.
In the semi-final, the Cahill momentum hit a brick wall though. No goals and a six-point defeat to Limerick, but it happens and they won't be unduly worried.
For Clare, All-Star David Fitzgerald is ruled out through suspension but fellow All-Star Shane O'Donnell is set to return.
Ennis is a tough back yard to play in and the sight of Tipp jerseys in Cusack Park is guaranteed to get Banner pulses racing.
If the weekend is going to give us a shock, even a small one, it could be here.
Of late, Clare have developed Jekyll and Hyde tendencies, and uncertainty over Mr O'Dr's appearance lends a cautious endorsement to the Premier's credentials for victory.
So there you go, fellow citizens. Enjoy it, as we have only a short lease on something so good it frightens those responsible for growing it into rationing it.
The current GAA leadership will have it back in storage before we know it.
Dónal Óg Cusack was speaking on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland
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