Hanlon backs Buttevant's attacking unit to deliver on big stage

1926. That was the last time a Buttevant team won an adult county football championship. That's 99 years, and an awful long time for a club to be waiting. 

Michael O’Neill and Aaron Trimm, Buttevant, keep the pressure on Conor Dodd, Canovee, in the McCarthy Insurance Group PJFC semi-final. Pic: Larry Cummins

Since Buttevant's four-point Premier JFC semi-final defeat to eventual champions Kilmurry just over 12 months ago, their plans have been clear - return to that semi-final juncture at the first time of asking. 

They did just that by qualifying as the top team in the 2025 edition group stages. Victories over Glenville, Millstreet and Inniscarra - by eight, 28 and two points, respectively - yielded nine goals.