Ernesiders look to recapture spirit of ’04 in Kingdom trip

FERMANAGH hope Sunday’s meeting with Kerry in Killarney may rekindle some of the fire and passion that propelled them to an All-Ireland SFC semi-final two years ago.

Admittedly, they won’t have too many happy memories of their last visit to Fitzgerald Stadium. Two seasons ago, almost to the day, they were hammered by the hosts in a league encounter, a game that marked one of the lowest ebbs for Fermanagh football under Charlie Mulgrew.

Yet that defeat proved something of a watershed. Mulgrew knew his team were better than that. His players knew they were better than that. And over a long fairytale summer, they set about proving to the country that they were better than that 2-18 to 0-6 drubbing.