Michael Meaney couldn’t break the link

Michael Meaney first took over what was then the Carrigaline IFC side in 2007.

That first year, the club reached the final, losing to Grenagh, but they came back two years later, defeating Cill na Martra in the decider to rise to the premier intermediate grade.

Having stepped down at the end of 2010, Meaney “intended to take a break”, as he puts it himself, but got roped in with the club’s U21s and almost led them to a county title, losing to O’Donovan Rossa after a replay in the final.