Veteran O’Regan so focused

Sunday’s IFC final between Éire Óg and Castletownbere will be Alan O’Regan’s fifth time playing in a decider.

The Beara side lost in the 1997 and 1999 IFC finals after replays, as well as 2006 and last year after the grade was split in two. O’Regan, who should really have only played in four (“I came on and I shouldn’t have come on,” of the 1999 loss to Naomh Abán — he was recovering from a car crash shortly beforehand), admits maturity brings a realisation that chances must be taken.

“As you get older, you probably take things more seriously,” he said.