Old rivals meet in unusual surrounds

SEAMUS McENANEY’S appointment as Meath manager last winter may have stirred up a hornet’s nest at the time — and continues to do so — but ‘outside’ influences haven’t been confined to the man charged with guiding the senior footballers.

The migration westwards of thousands of Dublin families in recent times has prompted a growing proliferation of Dublin flags and jerseys on the roads and in the fields while the men leading tomorrow’s county finalists in Navan both hail from Cavan.

It won’t be the first time that Summerhill’s Dermot McCabe and Dunshaughlin’s Gary Farrelly have crossed paths.