That was a lively old sporting weekend, but perhaps the one let-down was the All-Ireland Intermediate final between An Ghaeltacht and Glenullin. After 50 minutes, the score was the same as the concluding one in Manchester City’s FA Cup win over lowly Exeter: 10-1. And it didn’t get a whole lot livelier or more competitive after that.
TG4 had reminded Glenullin manager Michael O’Kane before the game how he had described his club reaching the final as “the best Christmas you ever had since you got a Nintendo 64” games console, but by full-time he must have felt like he’d found a pair of socks under the tree.
On top of that, a fair chunk of the TG4 audience might possib
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