Milltown-Castlemaine reign

Kerry’s affinity with the All-Ireland Club IFC – not to mention Croke Park – continued yesterday with Milltown-Castlemaine claiming the county’s third title in the tournament’s eight-year history.

For Mayo, it was a familiar story of an altogether more depressing sort. Yet another defeat for one of it’s sides in HQ and, not just that, but another day in which the men from the west failed utterly to give a true account of themselves.

It was a wholly unexpected turn of events given the fact Davitts had entered the weekend as slight favourites after an impressive semi-final performance when they restricted Éire Óg of Greystones to just six points while Milltown-Castlemaine had struggled past Derry’s Craigbane.