Pete McGrath: The man who led the team that didn’t know how to win an All-Ireland to two All-Irelands

THE DECLAN BOGUE INTERVIEW: Twenty-five years ago, Pete McGrath led Down to their fifth and his second All-Ireland title. A year of rifts and bridge building; of violence and sorrow, of one magnificent match, and of vindication.

Pete McGrath: The man who led the team that didn’t know how to win an All-Ireland to two All-Irelands

THE DECLAN BOGUE INTERVIEW: Twenty-five years ago, Pete McGrath led Down to their fifth and his second All-Ireland title. A year of rifts and bridge building; of violence and sorrow, of one magnificent match, and of vindication.

Every Thursday, the postman turns in off the Warrenpoint Road and into St Colman’s Gardens in the picturesque Down village of Rostrevor.

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