Kieran Lillis backs Portlaoise to take another giant step

In Portlaoise, the history runs deep.

Current captain Kieran Lillis recently found himself looking back over the list of men who had led ‘The Town’ to their 31 previous county football titles and the defender duly added his name to that roll call when the club claimed its 32nd after defeating Emo in a replay a fortnight ago. It was the club’s ninth straight senior title and yet the talk in the immediate aftermath was not of business seen to, but rather of that to come. With Carlow’s Palatine awaiting them the very next day, the need to refocus was more acute than normal.

Yet, it is what they have always done.