Burren’s battle to turn tide on Cross

IT may be 12 months on but going by Kevin McKernan’s monosyllabic response, that last-gasp point opportunity he missed to force Crossmaglen into extra-time in their Ulster semi-final still hurts.

It could just be the Burren man wants to harness the pain of it as much as he can this week to motivate himself as they do battle once more with the reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions in today’s provincial final.

But there doesn’t appear to be anything arbitrary about how he feels about the lost chance, following a season which saw him narrowly miss out on an All-Star and lose an All-Ireland final with Down.