McAuliffe ends his Munster famine
His first Munster title comes 16 years after his famous joust with Kieran O’Gorman in the Munster Junior A final at Crossbarry in 1987. The fallow years were quickly forgotten when he finally won took the Munster title and won the right to play Tom McKeever in next weekend’s All-Ireland final in Armagh.
McCarthy won the opening exchange with a bowl towards the Glasha. McAuliffe made sight with his second and took his first fore bowl. He increased his lead with a bowl to Lynch’s. McCarthy regained the lead after McAuliffe played a short bowl to the corner of the lawn. They were level from there to the bend past Mehigan’s.
