Successful journey started with a detour for John Evans and Cill na Martra

“I told them, I was sort of going somewhere else, but I called in anyway and was hugely impressed by the way they presented themselves."

TUG OF WAR: Seán ó Fóirréidh, Cill na Martra joined Arthur Coakley, Bantry Blues at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Picture: Alison Miles / OSM PHOTO

When the initial approach was made around Christmas of 2021, John Evans confesses to having known nothing about Cill na Martra. Not even where they were located.

After driving his son back to college in Cork ahead of second semester early in the new year, he decided to detour on the way home and check out the interested party.