Confidence and resilience will win it for Brigid’s
“They would be as seasoned and experienced as Portlaoise,” remarked Byrne, referring to the team St Brigid’s overcame in their semi-final. “They have an awful lot of fellas in their thirties.”
Whether it was a pointed statement about Garrycastle’s age profile is open to question. Could Byrne have been attempting to plant a seed of doubt in their opponents’ minds? Garrycastle are sure to take it as some motivation for tomorrow in Tullamore but they have a few other triggers as well.
