Pete Finnerty: You'd prefer facing Loughrea than a bullock

Galway great Pete Finnerty will forever be grateful to his club Mullagh

Pete Finnerty of Galway with his Hurling Hall of Fame award during the Gaelic Writers Association Awards, in association with the Clayton Hotels at the Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

It was with obvious disappointment that Pete Finnerty saw his beloved Mullagh miss out on a return to the senior ranks in Galway on Saturday. After 150 minutes of hurling, Kilconieron edged them by a point in the replay’s extra-time in Athenry.

To his club, Finnerty has a lot to be grateful. He may be one of their most famous sons but he remains in its debt. It became family after the passing of his mother Maureen when he was six.