Niall Ó Ceallacháin: Na Fianna's All-Ireland win 'super' for Dublin hurling

Niall Ó Ceallacháin hailed a great day for Dublin hurling after guiding Na Fianna to glory in the AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling final at Croke Park.

An impressive 2-23 to 0-20 victory over Sarsfields on Sunday saw Na Fianna claim senior national hurling honours for the first time, becoming just the second club from the capital to do so.

It was a day for new Dublin manager Ó Ceallacháin to savour as he reacted to the club's achievement on RTÉ's Sunday Sport.

"It's superb for the club. Our first Leinster, first All-Ireland, first of a lot of things, first county last year," he told Adrian Eames.

"It's super for Na Fianna, also super for Dublin. We know we can compete at any level and we will."

He added: "Just look around here, at the membership of Na Fianna, the kids, the families, everyone supporting our lads over so many years, that's culminated in a day like today, it means so much to a hell of a lot of people."

Ó Ceallacháin will now turn his focus fully to leading the Dublin senior hurlers as the Allianz Hurling League gets underway with Davy Fitzgerald's Antrim their first opponents next Saturday evening.

Balancing the club and inter-county commitments had kept him busy since his Dublin ratification, the 41-year-old admitted.

"It's been busy but as I've said before, it's not all about me, it's about the support teams that are there with both teams," he said.

"We'll enjoy this for a day or two. We're very much looking forward to (the Allianz League), there's a great bunch there that I'm looking forward to throwing all my lot in with them."

Much of Na Fianna's success on Sunday was built on a fast start, building a 10-point lead after 21 minutes when Tom Brennan got their first goal.

"We were targeting a fast start today," Ó