League action a welcome distraction after James Daly’s painful year

It’s days like Sunday that James Daly is relishing — the start of a new season and a chance to banish memories of a painful year.

Less than a week after masterminding a stunning Ulster title success for the Armagh girls, when they hammered Monaghan by nine points, his wife Ann died after an eight-year battle with cancer.

Eight days later, his father passed away; six weeks after that, Daly was told that there was a 90% chance his son Ryan had cancer.