‘Do you want to be in the people who were the one-hit wonders? Or do you want to back it up?’

Outgoing Meath coach Paul Garrigan on how they went about retaining their TG4 All-Ireland Senior title.

WIRED FOR SOUND: Meath coach Paul Garrigan on the sideline for the Royals. 

Before this year’s TG4 All-Ireland senior final, Paul Garrigan drafted 38 personalised letters of appreciation, one for every player in the Meath squad.

Everyone from the county board to the players who defeated Kerry on the pitch at Croke Park that day had known that the Royals would be losing their inspirational coach at the end of the season.