Midleton bid to end Harty thirst

SO close they can almost touch it. Midleton face St Flannan’s at Ennis tomorrow in the Harty Cup final and want to end 11 years of waiting.

People will recall and relive the part played by Joe Deane, Donal Óg Cusack, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Dara Cott, Mickey O’Connell, and Pat Walsh in Midleton’s last victory in the 1995 final against Lismore.

Deane recalls the victory as if it were yesterday. “We had lost the 1994 final to the Mon who had Sean Óg Ó hAilpín, Brian Kidney, Kevin Egan, and Ger Shaw, all of whom played with Cork in the All-Ireland minor final later that year.