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THE mist was down in Miltown, but football folk from Liscannor could see as far as the promised land of a county final. Six weeks previously at the same ground when they were beaten by 3-10 to 0-9 by Doonbeg, it was very hard to see it happening.
But, Liscannor’s spirit was willing. Back then and in subsequent games against Lissycasey and Eire Og and in this second crack at mighty Doon- beg. Kieran Considine admitted as much afterwards.
“It came from a bit of honesty,” he revealed. “We asked for fellas to stand up and be counted and they did that. We went a goal down against the run of play today. Doonbeg were cheering and felt they were half way there, but this group of players are
very strong mentally. We’ve been around a very long time.
“People were probably saying that with all the wides in the first half we were back to the Liscannor of old. We got refocused at half-time and tried to work the ball into scoring po- sitions. We got good scores. I think we showed today what we’re capable of. People write us off. We’re a small parish and we have a lot of heart,’ he added.
Selector Pat Murphy touched on this same spirit and the fact that they were written off before the champi- onship started and before this game. “There were four teams left in the competition before today and we were still 10 to 1 to win the champi- onship. That drove on the boys.
““T think they were on about a wed- ding in Doonbeg and they wanted
the county final brought forward. I was sitting below at a meeting in Ennis when I heard about it. I came back and told the lads that all they were talking about in Doonbeg was the wedding and that everyone was saying that we wouldn’t be involved in the county final, that we were in- terfering with a wedding. They gave their answer to that out there.”
And they hope to provide more an- swers in the county final. “We a have a few weeks now to get the injuries right, put our heads back down again. There’s more in us. We’ve improved with every game and we can improve again,’ said Kieran Considine.
No one doubts him.