Burke a proud western blow-in

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC Final

Studying in Drumcondra’s St Patrick’s College, it was with little or no hesitation that he decided to up sticks and leave his native Ardnaree Sarsfields for a Dublin club in his late teens.

“I always wanted to experience senior football,” he states, “and I suppose the logistics of being able to travel up and down, it would have been a long slog.”