Long before the ethos of the GAA club became a marketing stick to gently beat us over the head with, one man from a small parish in West Mayo had a vision of how he could best combine his passion for a sport he loved and improve the lives of those in his local community.

In modern-day ladies’ football, the retention of All-Ireland titles by Cork is nothing new.

THROUGH Carnacon’s good, bad and indifferent days over the last 25 years one name has remained constant.