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Poc Fada has a new champion

Clare's James McInerney is the M Donnelly All-Ireland Poc Fada champion for 2016 – becoming the first Banner County native since Davy Fitzgerald 14 years ago to win the event.

Poc Fada has a new champion

Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 17:02

Clare's James McInerney is the M Donnelly All-Ireland Poc Fada champion for 2016 – becoming the first Banner County native since Davy Fitzgerald 14 years ago to win the event writes Jackie Cahill.

Newmarket-on-Fergus clubman McInerney edged out Westmeath’s Brian Connaughton by just 20 metres in a thrilling finish on the Annaverna Mountain in Ravensdale, Co. Louth.

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