Prenty savours Connacht interpro title

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has plenty to smile about at the moment.

The province has provided teams for all bar one of the six All-Ireland Club finals and is the home of reigning minor and U21 national inter-county football winners. And last Sunday they claimed a title that has eluded them longer than any other. The Inter-provincials.

So when his fellow county man, Aidan O’Shea, lifted the Railway Cup in Tuam it signalled the end of a 45-year famine.