Didn’t something similar happen in 06 when Ballygunner insisted the game go to Dungarvan and Mt Sion ended up beating them well. Sion’s last county too
Hasn’t Brian been involved with Clonea of late? Living out that way I believe. He was a fantastic wing back but played anywhere from corner back to corner forward.
Correct. It was really the rise of De La Salle that knocked us off our perch first. They beat us for the first time in living memory (probably ever) in the semi final in Walsh Park in 2005 with the not inconsiderable assistance of referee John Michael Kelly, now deceased. Ken got a six month ban for “assaulting” him.
I actually passed it just after it happened. A foreign wan stabbed her husband and jumped out through the front glass door & he ran across the road into Paddy Rohan’s for a creamy pint and called the Gardai