Eamonn Sweeney: There’s no magic like county final magic

Cathaoir Gallagher of Loughmacrory celebrates their victory in the Tyrone SFC final. Photo: Oliver McVeigh / Sportsfile

There’s no magic like county final magic. Great global sporting battles were fought last week. There was a baseball World Series and a women’s cricket World Cup, the Premier League, Bundesliga and Serie A thundered on, world titles were won in cycling, gymnastics and taekwondo.

Yet though crowds were bigger and financial rewards greater elsewhere, there was no greater joy felt than in those parishes which celebrated last Sunday night.

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