Anthony Daly: After a summer of madness, the fire finally went out 

In the second of a two-parter, Anthony Daly revists the Offaly trilogy of '98, the 'sit-in' and what haunts him most from a painful year.
Anthony Daly: After a summer of madness, the fire finally went out 
Offaly fans protest at the end of the 1998 All-Ireland semi-final replay after referee Seamus Cooney blew up early 

Ger Loughnane had loads of piseogs. One of them was to tog out beside me. When I returned to my place in the dressing room after the replayed 1998 Munster final, Loughnane hugged me. I could feel the madness coming off him like kinetic energy.

On the Monday, we were having a few pints in Navin’s in Clarecastle when one of the lads asked me what Loughnane said to me. “Nothing,” I said.

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