Burren have booked themselves a spot in the Down championship final against Kilcoo after beating Carryduff in the semi-final.
This will be the third final between these two teams in four years, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that they are the last two sides standing once again, but Burren could breath a sigh of relief that they made it this time.
In their semi-final against Carryduff who are considered to be the 'up and coming' side in Down, last year's finalists managed to overturn their opponents, break at pace, and score a goal on the 58th minute that proved to be crucial.
However, what was clear to see from everyone apart from the umpires, was that Ronan Kelly's late winner was actually a square ball and shouldn't have counted.
Naturally this has caused some uproar from Carryduff fans who crashed out of the championship with a feeling of injustice hanging over them.
Manager Finnian Moriarty was clearly disappointed in the decision, but could only see it through the eyes of a coach, and was more disappointed in the way his team lost possession before the goal, as he explained to The Irish News.
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“It’s a big moment but to be honest, I don’t know whether the ball was going into the net or not.
“Yes, it’s a square ball, but these things go against ye. It was our own fault, we gave the ball away, we dived in and they got the jump on us. That’s football.
“We’d be disappointed, we gave the ball away eight times I think in the second half from their D in when we were trying to work a score.
"Credit to their defending but that’s our skill level let us down and we have to live with that.”
The prize for Burren's turnover and stroke of luck, is a final against Kilcoo, but considering how the reigning champions have such a stranglehold on the championship right now, it makes you wonder how facing them is a prize at all.
Kilcoo beat Glenn by a comfortable seven points to book their 13th final in a row, and if they emerge victorious against Burren, then it will be their sixth successive championship locked away in the trophy cabinet.
Karl Lacey's men still look to be a cut above everyone else in the county, but maybe Burren, who are jam packed with talented stars such as Danny Magill and Odhran Murdock, are living a charmed life in 2024, and might just break the mould.
