Macroom firing for final

They have only 320 students.

There is no senior football club to draw their players from and neighbouring school Bishop McEgan College are also competing for students. They lack the tradition of competition heavyweights like Tralee CBS, St Brendan’s (Killarney) and Coláiste Chríost Rí.

Yet De La Salle Macroom have consistently punched above their weight in Corn Uí Mhuirí in recent times. In 2006 a side featuring future Cork seniors Sean Kiely and David Goold acquired the school’s first title at their first attempt against St Flannan’s. Two years ago they came desperately close to another but were defeated by an injury-time point by St Brendan’s (Killarney).