In late May, Justin McCarthy will make a familiar journey north to Antrim to be honoured along with the players he coached for the county’s first All-Ireland title 50 years ago.

Over the coming weekends, luxury buses with complimentary wifi and mobile phone chargers will roll into county grounds all over Ireland.

FERMANAGH’S joint management pairing of Rory O’Donnell and Brian Johnston got an ideal start to their league campaign yesterday, scoring a facile 8-23 to 1-8 victory over injury-ravaged Cavan at Ballyconnell.

South Down and Fermanagh produced away wins, and fellow Ulster side Tyrone were also victorious on the opening day of actio in Allianz NHL Division 4.