Tyrone’s Peter Harte evades the close attention of Sligo’s Keelan Cawley in the All-Ireland SFC qualifier at Croke Park in 2015. `The first year you go and take out Mayo and Galway and you’re wondering why aren’t we doing this every year.' Photograph: Cathal Noonan/InphoKeelan Cawley has put down more than a decade in the cause of the Sligo footballers but the start of his career promised more than the following years were in a position to deliver.
This weekend, he captains the county in Croke Park against Cavan in the semi-finals of the inaugural Tailteann Cup. He acknowledges constant trips to Dublin may begin to pall with Mayo supporters who are across the country and back like windscreen wipers but, for him, it’s an occasion. “The hurlers from Sligo have had a couple of great wins [2008 and ‘19] up there. I’ve friends who were on the first Nicky Rackard-winning team and they’d never give back that experience.”
“It’s pressure on him because the group can be fragile. He needs to mind his own game but also keep an eye on the others. If they’re good they’re very competitive but sometimes things can get away from them.” “Anyone that knew Red had great time for him,” says Cawley. “Anything that’s gone on, we’ve kept in house and haven’t talked to media about it. It took a toll on anyone involved. The county took a big whack and the country as a whole when you saw the outpouring of emotion on social media.
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