Drom are ready to step up

TRY, try and try again goes the legend of Robert the Bruce, the persistence of a spider in his hideout cave at Rathlin Island persuading the Scottish lord to go back and have one last lash at gaining the throne, which of course he succeeded in doing.

The bold Robert, however, has nothing on the hurlers of Drom-Inch. Try, try, try and try yet again is their motto. Beaten in the Tipp county senior hurling final of 2005, beaten again in the final of ‘07 and for the third time in the final of ‘09. But it all finally came good for the mid Tipp side this year, the club’s first senior county title.

Joy, celebration or simply relief? All of the above and more, says manager Teddy Kennedy.