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Sat 11 Nov 2009West awakened to an air of expectation
CONNACHT SFC FINAL:TOMORROW IN Fr O’Hara Park in Charlestown, Co Mayo, the AIB Connacht football final, between the home club and Corofin, showcases what the province has done best over the past dozen years or so. Despite the western counties’ less than imposing presence at All-Ireland level for much of this decade, the club championships provided a competitive outlet at which Connacht excelled.
The trail may have gone cold and it is now four seasons since Galway city club Salthill-Knocknacarra won the All-Ireland but the Andy Merrigan trophy has gone west more often – five times – than it has travelled in any other direction in the past 12 All-Ireland championships.
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