In advance of this weekend's Dublin v Monaghan game, Frank McNally writes on the pain of rural migrants whose children play for Dublin
My theory was that their ancestors had come over with General Humbert in the Year of the French and then missed the boat home, possibly because they were in a pub in Westport, arguing about football.
In the heady summer of 1985, both threatened to break the Kerry-Dublin duopoly that had dominated the previous decade. Mayo faced the Dubs in the other semi and were genuinely confident. One night beforehand in the pub, a member of the Basquel clan explained the pathology of Mayo football, vis-a-vis the big two.
Secretly relieved that we hadn’t been hammered in the first game, despite my outward expressions of utter confidence, I had to compose myself in work the Monday afterwards and affect disappointment. A few years ago, I noticed a rising new name in Dublin GAA circles: Basquel. There were two promising young brothers: Ryan and Colm, both playing under-age for the county and threatening to break through at senior.
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