Christy O'Connor: Meath now the hunters with knives sharpened for Louth

Leinster final closure was a massive healing process for all Louth people. Yet while they were in nirvana, Meath were in hell.

Louth players Ciarán Byrne and Conor Grimes, behind, with the Delaney Cup after victory in the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship final match between Louth and Meath at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The hunters are now the hunted 

Juiced up on a cocktail of delirium and exhilaration after last year’s Leinster final win against Meath, the Louth players had finally buried the painful memories of the 2010 Leinster final when they were robbed by a late and controversial goal from Joe Sheridan. Louth could finally move on. And yet, the stage and setting was still too good not to exhume some of those memories to help exorcise the ghost of 2010.