Kieran Shannon: The League of Ireland is truly Ireland’s toughest competition
With the GAA season at least another six weeks away, the League of Ireland will give us a chance again to root for someone other than a province or a club across the sea, writes Kieran Shannon. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
It’s still here.
For all the clubs it has seen come and go, for all the time it has been dismissed as a problem child, endangered species, derelict institution, the League of Ireland, like Elton or one of the terraces in its modest grounds, is still standing after all this time, 100 years to be precise. Weathered and tattered, perhaps, but resolute and defiant and proud. Feeling like a true survivor, yet, with it being the eve of another kick-off, feeling like a little kid.
