Friday Favourite Currow V Scart 1990

The Currow U-14 Gaelic Football team which defeated Scartaglin in the semi-final of the 1990 Castleisland District League in Castleisland. Front from left: David Walsh, Brendan Moran, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Murphy, Colm Daly, Paudie Brosnan, Seán Dennehy, and John Kelly.  Back from left: William Costello, Cian Daly, John Maguire, Michael Casey, Mossie Mitchell, Liam Brosnan, Kieran Fleming and Eamon Maguire, trainer. ©Photograph: John Reidy  8-8-1990
The Currow U-14 Gaelic Football team which defeated Scartaglin in the semi-final of the 1990 Castleisland District League in Castleisland. Front from left: David Walsh, Brendan Moran, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Murphy, Colm Daly, Paudie Brosnan, Seán Dennehy, and John Kelly. Back from left: William Costello, Cian Daly, John Maguire, Michael Casey, Mossie Mitchell, Liam Brosnan, Kieran Fleming and Eamon Maguire, trainer. ©Photograph: John Reidy 8-8-1990
The Scartaglin U-14 Gaelic Football team which was defeated by Currow in the semi-final of the 1990 Castleisland District League in Castleisland. Front from left: Jerh O'Sullivan, Tim Coakley, Noel Rahilly, Danny Buckley, Dan McCarthy, Donald O'Sullivan and Jerh Horan. Back from left: Neilie Cronin, trainer; John Reidy, club secretary; Pat O'Connor, JJ O'Mahony, Brendan O'Riordan, Seán Griffin, John O'Sullivan, selector; Con Kerins, Pat Reidy, Jason O'Connor, Jerry Cronin and Moss Coakley, selector.  ©Photograph: John Reidy  8-8-1990
The Scartaglin U-14 Gaelic Football team which was defeated by Currow in the semi-final of the 1990 Castleisland District League in Castleisland. Front from left: Jerh O’Sullivan, Tim Coakley, Noel Rahilly, Danny Buckley, Dan McCarthy, Donald O’Sullivan and Jerh Horan. Back from left: Neilie Cronin, trainer; John Reidy, club secretary; Pat O’Connor, JJ O’Mahony, Brendan O’Riordan, Seán Griffin, John O’Sullivan, selector; Con Kerins, Pat Reidy, Jason O’Connor, Jerry Cronin and Moss Coakley, selector. ©Photograph: John Reidy 8-8-1990

Our Friday Favourite this week takes us back to August 1990 and to a field just a field away from where I’m sitting now. 

On a fine, August evening back then two neighbouring teams of U-14 footballers from Currow and Scartaglin battled it out for a place in the Castleisland U-14 District League Final of 1990. 

Currow won the right to go forward on the occasion. 

Currow dominated the first half and scored great points. Scartaglin made some changes at half time and improved greatly as a result. 

However, a goal hunt which didn’t work and some missed chances cost them dearly and Currow took the honours on a score of: 2-12 to 1-8.