St Brendan’s put first name on trophy

ST BRENDAN’S CS, Birr were the convincing inaugural winners of the All-Ireland Community and& Comprehensive Schools U-17½ hurling championship title after they overwhelmed Blackwater CS of Waterford at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny yesterday.

St Brendan’s captain Eoin Hayes accepted the Brother Denis Minehane Cup from the Cork native who transferred to Birr in 1961.

Brother Denis was a very influential figure in Offaly’s rise to hurling prominence during the 1980’s, a decade where the Faithful won All-Ireland senior and minor titles, and in 1986 St Brendan’s secured their only All-Ireland Colleges’ SHC crown.