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Christy O'Connor: Sligo ecomony, Gunners fall short, Con and Burke the difference

Nobody saw Coolera-Strandhill's maiden provincial title coming
Christy O'Connor: Sligo ecomony, Gunners fall short, Con and Burke the difference

Coolera's Mark McDaniel celebrates after the Connacht final win. Pic: ©INPHO/John McVitty

Coolera-Strandhill’s incredible economy carries the day 

At the final whistle of the Connacht club final yesterday, as the bright winter sunshine was streaking across Markievicz Park, John McPartland, the Coolera-Strandhill manager, collapsed on the pitch, his prone body illustrating how overcome he, and everybody connected to the club, was with emotion and elation as Coolera Strandhill won a maiden provincial title.

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