Cyril bids farewell to Santy fantasy

IT WAS the day Cyril Farrell stopped believing in Santy.
Cyril bids farewell to Santy fantasy
Mon, 11 Aug, 2003 - 01:00

I sat down to The Sunday Game with a smug new column on my notebook: Santy Watch. Cyril Farrell has been raving about Santy (aka Setanta Ó hAilpín) all season.

He got the world exclusive on Ó hAilpín's nickname and he revealed all on the day of the Clare massacre.

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GaaHurlingPlace: CastlebarPlace: DonegalPerson: CyrilPerson: Cyril FarrellPerson: Ó hAilpínPerson: Ger CanningPerson: SantyPerson: GerPerson: Tomás MulcahyPerson: MulcahyPerson: Michael LysterPerson: Ger LoughnanePerson: MullerPerson: LoughnanePerson: Eamon CreganPerson: Mickey O'ConnellPerson: Patrick KavanaghPerson: KavanaghPerson: Pat SpillanePerson: Colm O'RourkePerson: SpillanePerson: O'RourkePerson: PatPerson: ColmPerson: LysterPerson: Darragh MoloneyPerson: Martin CarneyEvent: Clare massacreEvent: ChristmasEvent: 1997 All-Ireland finalOrganisation: SantyOrganisation: SetantaOrganisation: CorkOrganisation: Cork County BoardOrganisation: WexfordOrganisation: OffalyOrganisation: ClareOrganisation: IniskeenOrganisation: Hurling MenOrganisation: RTÉOrganisation: GalwayOrganisation: Connacht
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