Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Dessie Farrell and Dublin have good reason to be fretting

Final day drama in the Allianz Football League deserves greater marketing and blanket coverage. The GAA is missing a trick not dong so
STAYING UP: Monaghan’s Conor McCarthy and Conor McManus celebrate their dramatic win over Dublin. 

STAYING UP: Monaghan’s Conor McCarthy and Conor McManus celebrate their dramatic win over Dublin. 

WOW. What a remarkable day of National Football League action. So many huge storylines but where to start? Dublin relegated, Cork survive, a post-match dust-up in Letterkenny, Limerick and Louth promoted, Kildare and Laois relegated and a Jack McCarron masterclass in Clones.

More about all of that anon but the GAA need to have a real think about how we maximise the incredible drama that the final day of the league produces year after year. 

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