Errigal Ciaran stand on the threshold of doing a rare back-to-back in Tyrone, with Trillick standing in their way.
Declan Bogue FROM AROUND 8AM on Sunday morning, the children of Errigal Ciaran will receive their customary county final morning wake-up call.
It’s all context and history, but the thought struck that outside of nerds and geeks, pretty much anyone under the age of 35 wouldn’t believe that this area has always been a football hotbed, there was virtually no success for several decades. Every year, Harte would gather up friends and neighbours and picket the annual Tyrone County Convention, seeking affiliation for ‘Glencull St Malachy’s’.Truth be told, St Ciaran’s weren’t a force either. They had won Tyrone titles back in the midsts of 1926 and 1931, against clubs long since defunct in Ardboe Pearses and Washingbay Shamrocks.
Other managers came and did their thing and delivered titles, such as the former Armagh manager, Peter McDonnell, or Ronan McGuckin from Ballinderry. While they have no reservations over an imported manager, Errigal have had an embarrassment of riches to pick from when they went home grown. Two seasons ago, on Harte and O’Donnell’s first year, Errigal were the side that the rest of Tyrone got a good laugh out of.
Football was his constant. Outside of the club stuff, he was in the dugout for Tyrone for a couple of seasons, remaining resolutely low-key.
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