*Ennistymon Community School players and mentors stand for the national anthem. Photograph: John Sheridan
ENNISTYMON COMMUNITY SCHOOL “won’t rest” until it claims an All-Ireland title.
On Saturday, it took extra time to separate Ennistymon Community School from St Clare’s Manorhamilton but they came up short just in their efforts to lift the Dr Eamonn O’Sullivan Cup (All-Ireland C PPS football final).
Joint manager Tara Rynne was disappointed with the outcome of their 1-17 1-13 defeat but was immensely proud of their showing. “It’s hard to see the lads on the ground there after giving everything and not to come away with a reward after all the hard work this year”, the Inagh/Kilnamona club woman told The Clare Echo.
“We took a few minutes to find our feet but it was so close throughout the sixty minutes. We found ourselves three points down, rallied to get the goal to force extra time. In the dressing room before the extra time we were in good shape”, she added.
Commenting on the effort from both teams she said “lads were out on their feet. At one stage, there were six lads between both teams on the ground with cramp. It’s tough because on a day like this they give everything. It’s hard to end with nothing”.
Reflecting on the campaign she said “we had a really good year. Before Christmas we didn’t have too high expectations, we were enjoying the matches. Then it started to get serious and we were impressed with ourselves to be going so far”.
Understandably she was keen to pay tribute to the players for their efforts. “We are so proud of them to have got to this stage, you are not going to win everything, hopefully they will be in finals where they will be successful, unfortunately it wasn’t to be today”.
Concluding she said, “the school will continue to take part in these colleges competitions. We won’t rest until we got that All-Ireland”.
