Reports of a Down demise somewhat exaggerated

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Reports of a Down demise somewhat exaggerated

The Down swagger is making a comeback and some way, somehow, after a couple of miserable seasons, Eamonn Burns has got a county believing again.

Most of the young people who flocked onto the pitch in the Athletic Grounds on Saturday night were not born or don’t remember the last time Down won an All-Ireland, back in 1994, but they know their tradition.

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