Former Sligo footballer Mark Breheny is co-manager of Summerhill College.
“WHERE ELSE WOULD you want to be on St Patrick’s Day, only playing an All-Ireland final in Croke Park?”
There’s history on the horizon. That ’85 decider ended in defeat, and no Sligo school has ever lifted the Hogan Cup. “Obviously you would have looked at the past pupils that the Sem would have had, and their reputation,” Breheny says. “They were finalists from last year and Munster champions over the last huge amount of time. We knew we were up against it.
He has has remained heavily involved in Yeats county backroom teams at various levels, serving as senior selector under Tony McEntee, while he guided St Mary’s to a first Sligo senior final since 2016 last year. The Business and Maths teacher hails the team effort across the board; the bond and collegiality amongst the players as they strike the fine balance between education and football and maintain high standards on and off the field.“We were delighted to win a Connacht campaign, we were delighted to win a semi-final and the lads have again refocused their minds to now win the Hogan Cup for the first time in our history,” Breheny nods.
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