Clare v Kerry 1992

An advert for a pre-Super 8s, pre-backdoor, old style provincial championships era. Clare, without getting to the Munster final since 1949, without a Munster title since 1917 facing Munster champions Kerry who were in the middle of (for them) a barren spell of six years since their last All-Ireland win. It should be noted that, …

Leitrim v Roscommon 1994

When Leitrim met Roscommon in the first round of the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 1994, it was 27 years since Leitrim had last beaten their opponents. Both had spent the previous winter playing Division 2 football but despite Roscommon being relegated and Leitrim finishing comfortably above them, the expectation was still that Roscommon would …

Derry v Donegal 1993

Donegal and Derry met in the 1993 Ulster Final in a repeat of the previous year’s final which Donegal won en route to winning their first All-Ireland title. Derry hadn’t won the Ulster title since 1987. Winners of the National League in 1992, they were knocked out in the quarter final in 1993 by Donegal …