One of Sunday’s hard-fought games.
There came a moment toward the end of the matchup between St. Patricks and the Young Irelands when even the most casual bystander has to realize: These guys are deadly serious. That moment came when a St. Pat’s player hit the ground near the opposing goal face down, writhing in agony for what seemed like ages. The diagnosis, once he’d been hauled off the field, was a broken knee.
The St. Pats won 5-23 to 0-6, but at some cost. Gaelic football is no game for the delicate.
There were three other games at Cardinal Dougherty that afternoon, one additional football match, Kevin Barrys v. Tyrone, and two hard-fought games of hurling, Philly’s Na Toraidhe vs. the DC Gaels, won by the local boys, and the Allentown Hibernians against the Baltimore Bohemians, won by Allentown.
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