Niall Mitchell says that, as a footballer, he made a hero out of opposition goalkeepers enough times this year to have learned his lesson. Hitting shots at the perfect height for them. Missing goal chances that he should be scoring. But if you’d seen him ten minutes into Sunday’s Westmeath senior football final, as he […]

3 years ago

Brendan Murtagh was only 15 and they were already counting down the days in Clonkill. This fella was good enough for their senior team already. It was only a matter of time before they let him loose. At 16, they bit the bullet. So young, too young but Murtagh was that good and in his […]

6 years ago