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Gaels are chasing the clean sweep Tir Chonaill Gaels
face three finals in eight days as they look to complete their dominance
of the London Football scene.
Next Saturday the Gaels will face their old rivals St. Brendans in the
Conway Cup final, then clash with Round Towers in the Reserve Football
League final on Sunday.
And on Sunday week the Gaels will look to complete their third consecutive
under-21 county title when they contest the county final against St. Kiernans.
The Gaels have won every single Senior competition in London so far this
season and will be looking for a clean sweep when they face Brendans.
The Gaels have beaten St. Brendans in three finals so far this year and
they are likely to field a strong line-up as they look to get match practice
ahead of their All-Ireland Club Championship clash with Armagh champions
Crossmaglen Rangers.
Gaels attacker Fergus McMahon will be hoping to add to his vast medal
collection this season by collecting the Conway Cup.
McMahon has completed the remarkable double of winning the League and
Championship double in both hurling and football.
Fergus faces a dilemma in January as he is due to play in All-Ireland
club quarter-finals in hurling and football on the same weekend.
He will be centre-back on the Robert Emmetts team which plays the Antrim
champions in the Intermediate Hurling Championship on January 19 and on
January 20 is scheduled to play centre-forward for the Gaels in their
All-Ireland football quarter-final clash with Crossmaglen.
The Gaels are hoping to get the date of their football quarter-final changed
in order to give Fergus more recovery time but if that’s not possible
then the player is prepared to play a full part in both matches.
McMahon captained London to Rackard Cup glory in 2005 and has been a fixture
on the Emmetts team for many years but this season was his first to play
football in London for several years.
Meath native McMahon is a former Leinster Railway Cup hurler and has also
been on the Meath senior football panel.
He has hardly missed a game in either code this year, lining out for both
of his clubs in every competition and he is also likely to be part of
the London hurling panel for the coming season.
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