Mulcahy has inside knowledge on CIT

WHEN Cork IT GAA officer Keith Ricken went searching 12 months ago for a coach for their Fitzgibbon Cup team, Pat Mulcahy ticked all the boxes.

Mulcahy has inside knowledge on CIT

The Newtownshandrum man had the hurling pedigree and the roots to the college to be a suitable candidate. He did a fine job in the managerial role as well, guiding the third-level team to the Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final last March. But now Mulcahy will be parking those loyalties as he prepares to face off against some of the players he trained in tomorrow’s county senior hurling semi-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh (2.30pm).

“It’s an unique situation all right,” admitted Ricken. “Pat came on board and did a brilliant job for us, along with another Newtown man, his brother Brendan. Pat would have been chairman of the hurling club when he was a student in CIT and captained us in the Fitzgibbon Cup as well.

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