VIDEO: Times never so sweet as Carrigaline reach promised land

Carrigaline 0-12 St Michael’s 0-11: At times, it must have seemed that senior football would remain an elusive aspiration for Carrigaline.

In both 1996 and 2003, they had reached what was then the IFC final seeking to make the top grade, but against Clyda Rovers and Ilen Rovers respectively they had underperformed on the big day.

When St Michael’s attacker Mark Drummond picked up possession 12 yards or so from goal with five minutes left in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday, the Carrigaline faithful must have feared that it would be third time unlucky.