A first Connacht minor title in 53 years for Sligo. A corner turned?

"Some people were talking about 53 years, we didn’t want these lads worrying about that. That’s history, there’s nothing they could have done about that"

SCREAMING SUCCESS: Sligo's Ronan O'Hehir celebrates their Connacht MFC final win over Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park. 

Both recent and long-term history weighed heavily on Sligo’s shoulders in advance of Friday night’s Connacht MFC final at Dr. Hyde Park, but for first-year manager Paul Henry, the key to success was brushing all that aside and focusing on the hour’s football against Roscommon.

No Connacht minor title in 53 years, a final defeat to the Rossies in the 2020 decider, not to mention Roscommon’s much tougher path to the final, were all deemed to be reasons why a home win was considered by many to be the most likely outcome of this final.