O’Neill’s new Lilywhites will ruffle a few feathers
I played with St Mary’s, Leixlip for a few years and indeed Kildare for a year. They have suffered some agonising defeats in the past but a bit like Mayo, they brush themselves down year after year and keep coming back for more.
To make this more real for myself and to avoid getting sucked in the emotion that goes with any championship match, I positioned myself at the corner flag of the town goal. No supporters around me, just some tiny tots and their mothers playing with the gravel and kicking plastic footballs to their heart’s content. The only distraction? I had hundreds of ants running up and down the wall that I was leaning on.
