Thereâll be some amount of timber broken in that game
Wasnât there an incident in a Rathnure v Cloughbawn county final in 1987 during the pre-match parade which would have had modern day animal rights activists up in arms?
Thatâs a cracking set of q-finals. The Ferns & Glynn game is probably a bit meh but there should be a bit of needle in the others or other scores to be settled
Harriers building momentum. Wonât beat Rapps though.
If there was, then Iâve never heard of it. But Iâd put absolutely nothing beyond either set of supports. Cloughbawn men are generally just mental, the Floods aside. Rathnure have the crazy mountain streak crossed with a good dose of stubborn inbreeding
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I was scarred by that as a 6-year old attendee.
Jim OâConnell pulling on an animal* painted in Cloughbawn colours.
*Something from the fowl family. Iâm not a bogger so I dunno. Could it have been a chicken or something? I recall it sauntering from the Cloughbawn half during the warm up into Rathnure territory and OâConnell casually jogging over to it and then launching it! 
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I was at the match believe it or not as well. It was shortly after we moved back from England. My re-collection was that it was a cock dressed up in Cloughbawn colours who was parading around with the Cloughbawn team in the pre-match parade when one of the Rathnure players gave it a good flake of the hurl. I donât think it was Jim OâConnell though. Thought it was a chap called Redmond.
Youâre probably right and I apologise to Jim and the OâConnell family and withdraw the post, albeit itâs still there.
If you felt shocked by that incident as a cosmopolitan 6 year old Wexford Town townie, you can only imagine what a culture shock that type of carry on was to a North Londoner trying to settle into the Irish way Iâd life.
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Think it was during the warm up ouck about. Cloughbawn had their mascot cocks/roosters on the pitch and one of them wandered into the opposition side of the pitch where it was dealt with violently.
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Canât remember the exact year but there was an incident alright
Thatâs it. I think I was sitting over by the old press box on the non stand side. The locals papers had a cartoon of it afterwards.
Sean Flood got man of the match I think, stand to be corrected on that. John Fleming was a classy hurler for Cloughbawn.
We went to the Co Final every year back the . There were some great rivalries Buffers Alley v Rathnure was unreal.
Around the same time that Duffry Rovers v Sarsfields were the main contenders for the football.
Connal Flood got a straight red tonight along with another Cloughbawn player but is it right relegation is officially a different competition so there suspended for the 1st game next year rather than relegation?
I always thought a âstray/not really strayâ ball did it for the mascot
This is more sinister
Starlightâs and Duffry Rovers played out a wonderfully violent football final on a horrible day weather wise
Rovers win by 2, if i recall correctly
Duffry ahead of the time having a rugby man in doing their physical training - Bob Breakwell??
The old Wexford park was a venue for warriors
I think the stray ball went in among the roosters and the Rathnure man pulled on the ball and make contact with the mascots.
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Yup. He coached St Jamesâ Intermediate side in the late 1990s early 2000s a couple of times. A gent but concentrated more on physical fitness that the basic skills of the game.
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How do Wexford run off their high profile hurling championship before football? Seems absolutely crazy.