The 1967 defeat to Cork that still haunts Cavan football

Cavan football followers feel their team should have won the All-Ireland in 1967 but their dreams were shattered by Cork in a controversial All-Ireland semi-final. In this exclusive extract from ‘Charlie: The Story of Charlie Gallagher, the GAA’s Lost Icon’, author Paul Fitzpatrick details a game which still haunts the Breffni men.

Before the 1967 Ulster final, the Cavan squad met up in the Farnham Arms Hotel in Cavan Town and made a pact. There was to be no mistake this time.