Sons of Gowna: The Cavan club with 18 players whose fathers were county champions
The Irish Times · Paul Fitzpatrick ·
On their way to their most recent title, Gowna defeated the county’s three most recent champions
If it wasn’t the last championship match of the century played in Breffni Park, it wasn’t far off it.
On an October afternoon in 1999, Pat McEnaney was yet to sound his half-time whistle in the Ulster senior club football quarter-final, and Cavan’s Gowna had All-Ireland champions Crossmaglen Rangers in trouble. Dermot McCabe, who had starred for Ireland in the International Rules series against Australia a year earlier, was unmarkable, scoring a goal and laying on another.
A sensation was on the cards, until it suddenly wasn’t.
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