Nenagh and Douglas survive tough tests to seal provincial titles
Nenagh, the Irish champions in 1997, captured their third provincial pennant after beating Fota Island in the semi-final and Tramore in the decider of the Bruen. Paddy Heffernan, a co-selector of the team along with Seamus Hogan, admitted they were “very lucky” to get the better of Fota in a thrilling encounter.
Indeed, it seemed set up to be a victory for the Cork side when Nenagh’s Jim Griffin and Michael Corrigan were one down playing the 18th and had to take a penalty drop after driving into trees with the overall match tied at two each. But Griffin then came up with a remarkable recovery shot and when Fota three putted, the match went into extra holes and Nenagh duly got home at the 19th.
