Ciarán O’Sullivan: Beara U18 title win a huge boost for the peninsula

For the four-person management, pulled from Urhan, Castletownbere, Adrigole, and Glengarriff, it was a real family affair as each had a son or nephew involved

Pictured at the Rebel Óg U18 Premier 1 FC final at Dunmanway on Saturday was the winning Beara team captain Fintan Fenner and his dad Paul. Picture Denis Boyle

It is a victory that runs counter to rural depopulation and falling playing numbers in the Beara peninsula, but one that has breathed new life into Cork GAA’s most westerly division.

On Saturday last, at Dunmanway’s Sam Maguire Park, the Beara U18 footballers overcame Ballincollig by a solitary point to be crowned Cork champions for 2021.