THEY HAVE PLENTY honours to their name with Tyrone in the Ulster and All-Ireland senior football arenas but the Cavanagh brothers, Sean and Colm, finally claimed a club title yesterday.
The pair were central to Moy lifting the Tyrone intermediate football title in Carrickmore with a 2-5 to 1-7 success in the final over Derrylaughan.
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It ensured Moy ended a 35-year wait for a Tyrone intermediate football title after they had suffered recent final losses in 1998 and 2008 in their efforts to end the barren spell since 1982.
It changes the GAA outlook for Sean, who recently retired from Tyrone duty, and Colm, players who would have been considered by Ireland International Rules manager Joe Kernan for the test matches in Australia on 12 and 18 November.
Club commitments will come into the frame for the pair who won Ulster senior football medals with Tyrone in July.
Moy’s opening clash in the Ulster intermediate club football championship is penciled in for Sunday 29 October in Omagh against Monaghan champions Carrickmacross.
Cavanagh, who captained Ireland in the International Rules in 2008, told the Irish News last week that other commitments were likely to rule him out of the reckoning to represent his country.
“It is going to be tough. I said to Joe [Kernan, Ireland manager] I would see how things go with the club, and things are progressing rather well.
“So it may be difficult to commit if the run keeps going, but we’ll just take it week by week at this stage,
“The International Rules is something I’ve always loved doing, but there’s certain priorities. I had a fire in the business this week, and my wife is heavily pregnant at this stage, so there’s lots of things happening in my life at the moment.”
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