RTE reception was not great for yesterday’s all Ireland final, so I was reduced to listening to the BBC’s television coverage over the phone for the final stages of the epic, defensive battle between Tyrone and Armagh. Tyrone’s win means that only Antrim, Fermanagh and Monaghan of the historic nine counties of Ulster have not yet won an All Ireland. Consider that at the beginning of the 90’s only Down and Cavan had ever had achieved that honour, and you have a measure of how much the northern GAA counties have developed in a very short period of time.
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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