A new focus

The pressure is mounting on Tyrone to deliver the elusive All-Ireland title, with many pundits believing this may be the breakthrough year. But Cormac McAnallen has endured the expectation before and now he is taking things one game at a time. Mark Gallagher reports.

IT was a taste of what’s to come for his native county. Last October, Cormac McAnallen arrived at St Catherine’s school in Armagh city, where he had recently landed a history and politics post, only to find his teenage students giddier than usual. The entire school swaying with the dizziness affecting the surrounding areas.

In both the class-room and staff-room, a good mood pervaded.