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Due to rights restrictions on the RTÉ Player on a sun-scalded balcony in Tenerife, it was through the joyous and jubilant voices of two Limerick men on their local radio station that I kept in touch with the 2025 Tailteann Cup semi-final between the Treaty County and my native Wicklow.
They were in subdued mood when Oisin McConville's side pushed seven clear and had the final of the competition in their sights. My fellow holiday makers must have been wondering what was going on as a father and two sons yelled support, clapped hands and punched the air as Dean Healy and his band of warriors seemed to own the pitch in Croke Park early in the second half in front of, what sounded like, the entire population of Wicklow.
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