Don't stop believing... Fermanagh hoping to make history

IF ever you feel compelled to search for deeper reasons why Fermanagh are one of only two counties to have never won their provincial football Championship, you could find something in the tale of Father Theobald Mathew.

The first National Apostle of Temperance was determined to make some headway into the alcoholism that had ravaged peasantry and nobility alike through the country. When he ventured north from Cork in 1841, he was welcomed by Nationalist and Orangemen - who flew their banners at his events - alike.

Over 50,000 were reported to have gathered to witness his oratory in Whitehill on the northern shore of Lough Erne, with 30,000 following him through the streets of Enniskillen.