O'Rourke v Farrell adds personal edge to old rivalry

The bitterness between the pair reached its height in October 2014

Dublin manager Dessie Farrell during the Allianz Football League Division 2 match between Dublin and Clare at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Dessie Farrell and Colm O’Rourke never did get around to facing one another on the field of play.

A cruciate injury denied Farrell making his debut during O’Rourke’s last season in the Dublin-Meath rivalry’s epochal summer of 1991.