It’s the last thing Mickey Harte needed reminding about. After the “battering” – his own choice of word – at the hands of Kildare on Sunday, next up for his Louth team will be similar beefy opposition in the first round of the football qualifiers.
Promotion to Division Two this season, after coming out of Division four last year, rewards Louth with a qualifier berth, when they might have preferred the challenge of the Tailteann Cup. The challenge of playing Division Two football next season is also now clear, Louth in the company of Dublin and Kildare, among others.
Over the weekend. the four Leinster quarter-finals were won by a combined margin of 62 points, Louth losing to Kildare on Sunday 2-22 to 0-12; Dublin beat Wexford 1-24 to 0-4, Meath beat Wicklow 4-13 to 1-12, and Westmeath beat Longford 3-13 to 0-14
The semi-finals – Dublin against Meath, Kildare against Westmeath – have been fixed for Croke Park on Sunday week, May 15th.
The Louth manager could be speaking for any of the four beaten teams when he says it’s all part of the learning experience. Stil …
- May 3, 2022
