Fermanagh’s big day out

TWO OF the four invited to the party would rather have other things to do, but it still promises to be a special Easter Sunday in Croke Park. In a competition that had been inching towards a slow and public death, two teams have come along to preserve life.

In a competition losing a little bit of significance with each manager quote making a priority of May and June, two counties have arrived to spice up its raison d’etre.

While most mouths are watering at the examination of Micko’s latest starring role as the midlands Messiah against the All-Ireland champions, the curtain-raiser will pique just as much interest in the dewy-eyed romantics among us.