Dessie Farrell has lost James McCarthy and Brian Fenton to retirement but Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne is doing his own Dublin chances no harm with his recent auditions with Cuala
If he's right, that's great news for Dessie Farrell with places are up for grabs in the Dublin engine room following the retirements of James McCarthy and Brian Fenton - his first choice midfield pairing.Read more: “I owe him a few pints” - Ben McDonnell pays tribute to unheralded Errigal Ciaran starOver the past three months the towering 6’6” centre fielder has helped Cuala to their first ever Dublin and Leinster senior crowns.
“Definitely for the lads in the squad, myself included, it was a massive target anyway," says Ó Cofaigh Byrne. "Now that there is a hole there, it is an opportunity, definitely. Trainee solicitor Ó Cofaigh Byrne, who holds All-Ireland senior medals from 2019 and 2023, isn’t even sure who the competition is with Dublin, so consumed is he with Cuala’s journey.
“With regards to replacing them, you hear the same cliches that they can’t be replaced but there are definitely a lot of lads there, not only myself, who are ready to go. “But I think Brian’s decision was his own. It was private and he let a few of us know before but it was probably something he kept personal. I would say a lot of his close friends would have known - his family.
It was a strange way to make his senior bow. In 2020 a pulled hamstring set him back, while groin surgery in 2022 has also inhibited his progress.
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