We must make our own history, says Mourne’s McKernan

IN DOWN, there is no escaping the past. Not this summer.

James McCartan and his players have consistently waved aside history’s significance but the county’s tradition shadows their every step, as Sunday draws closer.

Half a century has passed since Kevin Mussen brought Sam Maguire across the border for the first time and a year of banquets and toasts would be capped in some style were it to follow the same route next week.