New-look Skibbereen face St Flannan’s in Corn Uí Mhuirí opener

A new era for post-primary football in Skibbereen begins this afternoon in the opening round of games of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

While the competition began yesterday as Tralee’s Mercy Mounthawk had a 4-16 to 0-7 win over CBS High School Clonmel in Mallow in Group B, most fixtures are today. Included is the clash of the new Skibbereen Community School and St Flannan’s College of Ennis in Buttevant in Group D (1.30pm).

Boys’ school St Fachtna’s De La Salle, three-time winners of the Corn; former vocational school Rossa College; and the all-girls Mercy Heights Secondary School have amalgamated to form the new institution.