St Flannan’s count themselves 'really lucky' after Harty Cup quarter says Jamesie O’Connor

For so much of the second period, Midleton were comfortable but not clinical. They were dominant and yet never closed the door. The absence of a ruthless streak fed sizable regret at full-time.

Conor Daly, St. Flannans College, Ennis looking to go past CBS Midleton players Barry Walsh, Tadgh O'Donoghue and Adam Lee in their TUS Dr Harty Cup (19 A H) quarter-final match at the Town Park, Fethard, Co Tipperary. Picture Dan Linehan

Harty Cup quarter-finals: St. Flannan's College Ennis 2-16 CBS Midleton 1-18

There is nowhere else to start but with crediting St Flannan’s for holding on and then finding a way. Five behind with 10 minutes of regulation time remaining and the elements in their face, the Flannan’s cause seemed a lost one.