If the Goleen jersey was taken out of the place, the identity of this parish would disappear

Sunday's JBFC final between Goleen and Douglas is a tale of two different worlds colliding. 

FRIENDLY RIVALS: Tom O'Connor of the South County Bar and sponor of Douglas GAA in Goleen with his wife Maebh (nee Sheehan) ahead of Sunday's Cork JBFC final at Pairc Ui Rinn.

He was the furthest TD from the Dail and closest to Washington. Goleen’s Paddy Sheehan once sent his daughter Maeve downtown to canvas for votes. In the hotel, she met her future husband. They reside on opposite sides of a novel final this weekend.

“My vote was in Douglas,” says Tom O’Connor of the South County bar with a chuckle. They sponsor the club now.