Eamo will get to the church on time now!

AS St Mochta’s slowly turn their attentions to the Leinster Club Championship, Eamonn O’Neill’s next big challenge will be to turf his teammates out of Eamo’s Bar in time for his wedding on Saturday.

With a bumper crowd packed into the Grove the GAA must have been secretly hoping for a replay, but the dynamic midfielder would have been dreading one as the natural date for a re-match would have been this coming Saturday, setting up a direct clash with his big day.

And to make matters worse he kicked a brilliant equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage team.

But there was still time for Stephen McCooey and Ciaran McMahon to add further points to secure a dramatic Mochta’s victory.

‘My girlfriend said before the game, what happens if it’s a draw and I said well the wedding could be under pressure!’ he joked afterwards. ‘She said whatever you do make sure it’s not a draw so I was glad I could do my bit at the end. It was a bit like the Collon game, I didn’t have my best game, but glad I could chip in with a point to help us win it.

‘It’s just brilliant and I’m kind of stuck for words. It’s brilliant for the committee, the management, Seamus McGahon is an absolute legend of the club and I’m delighted we could win it for him.

‘There were so many twists and turns and ups and downs. The first-half we took off flying and the Fechin’s got back into it, typical of us and them over the last nine or 10 years.’

It was a lengthy stoppage to tend to the returning Ciaran Byrne that led too all the injury-time and O’Neill wished his teammate well.

‘Hopefully Casey recovers okay, we did that for him too. It was a bad way for a break in play to come, but maybe it came at the right time because the Fechin’s were beginning to get on top of us. It maybe gave us a few minutes to draw breath and figure out where we were going and Ciaran Quinn and Seamus McGahon came in and had a chat with us.

‘But when you’ve lads like Philip Englishby and Decky Byrne and you think you’re down and out they drag you out of a hole. We have leaders all over the pitch. Darren McMahon our captain was unbelievable too. They win balls they shouldn’t win and it lifts the whole team.’

With the countdown now on to Saturday, Eamonn said he’ll have a welcome guest at the top table.

‘I’ll enjoy tonight and tomorrow and hopefully Eamo’s Bar will be busy. We’re tight for numbers for the wedding but I’ll squeeze Seamus Flood in somewhere.’