Limerick snub a 'blessing in disguise' as Mark Fitzgerald eyes promotion with Clare

The Banner head up the road to take on Down this weekend as underdogs. 

ROAD NOT TAKEN: Then temporary Limerick manager Mark Fitzgerald on the sideline. Now Clare boss, he's glad the Treaty job passed him by,  Pic: Tom Beary/Sportsfile

The Clare footballers are on the road to Newry this weekend. A promotion shootout at Páirc Esler. The league elevator will lift the winner up to the second tier.

The long stretch of tarmac from Clare to Newry is not the first road we’re going to concern ourselves with. The first road we’re going to pave is the one that brought Mark Fitzgerald from Tralee to Banner country.