Ratoath revolution gathering pace

Of the 2,300 or so affiliated GAA clubs on the island of Ireland, none of them struck gold during the Celtic Tiger years quite like the Ratoath club in Meath.

Back in 1996 when young players would meet up at Johnny Ryan’s shop in the centre of the poky little village, Ratoath’s population numbered 1,061.

Fergal Power came home from New York that same year and remembers a sleepy little village that time almost forgot.