Madden Raparees and Loughmacrory winning their first ever county titles in Armagh and Tyrone respectively, on the same day, might have been reason enough for both clubs to meet up and have a few pints together this week. In two of the most fiercely-contested championships in the country, they had managed to do something truly historic.
They could rightly say the only other people going through the same rollercoaster of emotions and joy they were feeling were under an hour away across the Tyrone-Armagh border. But that wasn’t the only reason they ended up singing “we are county champions” at each other across a bar in Tyrone on Tuesday night.
Because the Grimley family from Madden – with Liam, and intercounty star Niall as their spiritual leader – had a brother, Ryan, playing for Loughmacrory in that Tyrone fina
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