Conroy seeks to come full circle

TOMMY CONROY was unable to disguise the depth of his disappointment.

His Portlaoise team had just fallen short of an All-Ireland title by two points and no amount of condolences were going to penetrate his darkening mood.

In fairness, Ballina’s manager had done his best to comfort him. Tommy Lyons had suspended his own celebrations to enter the Portlaoise dressing room and urge them to remember everything they had achieved in getting so far.