Episode 3247: A Crazy Final In Clones, Louth’s Flowers, Steo’s Sportsmanship, Early History
It has at times over the last few years been easy to wish away the provincial championships, but the Leinster and Ulster finals offered about as strong a rebuke to that idea as possible this past weekend.
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We’ve assembled a pair of fine, fine Gaelic football minds in Paul Flynn and Oisin McConville to run the rule over that pair of fine, fine matches and look ahead to the All Ireland series.
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It was another Ulster title for friend of the show Michael Murphy in a pretty stunning storyline for Donegal, but will Armagh be all the better for losing come the tail-end of the championship?
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The Leinster final may not have delivered on-field to quite the same extent, but it certainly did as an occasion, and Louth’s win came as no surprise to Sam Mulroy who told Oisín a few short years ago this was on the cards.
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Ken has been at the history books again, and this time he comes across a hero/villain of the American Civil War, an impatient fiery fellow called Jubal… Early. Plus there’s Lampard’s blues, Steo’s sportsmanship and Forest’s PR fires.
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