Daly and Doon getting used to being in unfamiliar territory

Four days it took yours truly to get Justin Daly on the other end of a phone line.

Far from a desire on the part of the Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa manager to keep a low profile ahead of tomorrow’s Harty Cup semi-final, it’s not the easiest thing to track down a teacher who spends most of his time outside of classes rushing between buildings.

Daly, on top of his hurling duties, is a German teacher at the newly amalgamated Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa, Doon, incorporating St Fintan’s CBS and St Joseph’s Convent of Mercy. The school’s new premises, however, won’t be completed until the end of next month and so, for now, teachers and pupils make do in the buildings of St Joseph’s and St Fintan’s, located just across the road from each other.