Dublin beat Meath in the Leinster final and in doing so set up an historic pairing for the All Ireland Semi-Final. The county with the smallest population against the county with the largest. We weren't without support however, I remember one Dubliner saying to me that "Ye have 31 and a 1/2 counties supporting ye today", I had to agree with him after witnessing all the flags out for our support on route from Leitrim to Dublin. The exodus had begun on the Friday and continued over the weekend, it seemed as if every Leitrim person who could get their hands on a ticket was heading for the big city. We were looking forward to a major party, and why not as it was to be our first senior chamionship match at Croke Park (Our only other All Ireland Semi-Final appearance in 1927 was played at Tuam) and we don't get there often.

There was well over 30,000 Leitrim fans at Croker that day. It seems that many Leitrim people from abroad had returned for the game. There was plenty of green and gold within the stadium to match the blue of Dublin.

Unfortunately, we were no match for Dublin and they ran out convincing winners at the end. Here is the family and myself in the 'Brian Boru' after the match having a few beers.