Niall Ó Ceallacháinn happy to remain busy on two fronts as he seeks improvement for final

Niall Ó Ceallacháinn is happy to manage the workload of preparing Na Fianna for the All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship final as well as the start of the inter-county season with Dublin.

Ó Ceallacháinn saw his club side progress to a national decider for the first time, taking the lead late in the game to win by a single point.

The new Dubs boss is also preparing for the inter-county season in January but first he will take charge of Na Fianna as they meet Sarsfields in mid-January.

Speaking about the juggling act, he told RTÉ Sport: "It's not about me. The support teams in both set-ups are absolutely outstanding. Our three coaches here have taken a huge burden from me.

"It's about the wider set up. It's the same with the inter-county set up. The next few weeks will be busy but it's a privilege.

"It's just brilliant for the club and from where we have come from. For any club around the country, it's your dream. It's a great occasion."

Ó Ceallacháinn was not content with his side's performance in reaching the final, feeling they were far from their best.

He felt they were fortunate to be within touching distance of Loughrea going into the crunch part of the match.

"We will enjoy the next day or two. We will be knuckling down because that wasn't good enough today. We have a lot of work to do over the next couple of weeks.

"Games like that, needless to say it was a rollercoaster. It could have gone either way. I'm really proud of our lads how they stood up in the second half with the character and leadership shown. You would just be very, very proud of them.

"We didn't hurl in the first half. I thought we were fortunate to be in the game at the end of the first half. They were at the pace of it immediately and we weren't. They