McCarthy steals final thunder
Level on 0-4 apiece at half-time in an error ridden Dublin SFC final, we suspected the cream would eventually rise to the top in the form of a Brogan breakthrough. Bernard or Alan, take your pick. Yet the magic we associate with the two most lethal forwards in Dublin — perhaps Ireland — simply never materialised.
Instead, we were left to ponder the game-breaking impact of St Brigid’s substitute Lorcan McCarthy. In a low scoring game, his three second-half points were crucial, the third of which put the 2003 champions into a 58th minute lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
