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 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.