Tailteann Cup 'can really bring a team together' says Leitrim's Paddy Maguire

The beauty of the Tailteann Cup is that Leitrim - in Group 4 along with Fermanagh, Antrim and Wexford, with a trip to Antrim first up this Sunday - believe they have a decent shot at progressing

BRING A TEAM TOGETHER: Leitrim's Paddy Maguire believes the Tailteann Cup can bring a team together. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

A year ago, GAA President Larry McCarthy claimed at the launch of the inaugural Tailteann Cup campaign that any county could potentially take the competition 'by the scruff of the neck and march through the summer'.

Westmeath, as it turned out, took him up on his offer and McCarthy made a similar invitation to representatives of this year's 16 competing teams at Monday's tournament launch.