Tommy Martin on Mickey Harte — a pied piper still campaigning on the courage of his convictions

When you lose in the Allianz League Division 4, no one can hear you scream, but the arrival of a clutch of high-profile veterans from one of the GAA’s great battlefields is a chance to capture fickle attention spans

Manager Mickey Harte during Louth senior football squad training at the Louth GAA Centre of Excellence. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Pitch idea. Allianz Football League Division Four North, only it’s a western.

Leitrim manager Terry Hyland is the world-weary sheriff. One day, three mean hombres ride into town. Mickey Harte with Louth, Enda McGinley atop Antrim and Tony McEntee saddling Sligo. Hyland doesn’t like the look of these boys one bit, on account of all the trouble up north back in the day.