Heady days in Louth. Throughout this lightning fast league, while the attention has been fixed on events at the top of the table, Mickey Harte has quietly guided his team through a second consecutive promotion season.
His side are odds-on favourites to make the jump to Division Two this weekend even as his native Tyrone face a huge task to avoid dropping into the same division.
It’s as though Harte and Tyrone are like magnets drawn: even before the weekend fixtures are played, there seems something pre-ordained about a reunion.
What is certain is that securing Harte was a bright piece of improvisation by Louth. When he first took over the post, Harte told Colm Corrigan on Louthtv that Peter Fitzpatrick, the chairman and former manager, had called very soon after he had parted ways with Tyrone. Fitzpatrick admits now that he was keeping a close eye on events in Tyrone around that time.
“I came in three years ago and we had two dreams. Our first dream was …
- March 27, 2022
