One final step for MacDonaghs

IT WAS the persistence of two men carrying a Gaelic football torch in the hurling heartland of north Tipperary that finally twisted Chris Conway’s arm.

A 2003 Leinster SFC medallist with Laois, Conway first came into contact with Pat Murphy via his son, Stephen, who was a student at Knockbeg College while Conway worked there as a teacher and football coach.

Pat Murphy and Joe Hannigan are renowned as arguably the two most staunch football fanatics in the north division and they had a vision for Thomas MacDonaghs, a team currently represented by six clubs in north Tipp.