The Dublin hurlers’ early Championship exit presented Dessie Farrell with an opportunity to call Eoghan O’Donnell into his football squad and the rangy Whitehall Colmcille man has agreed to come on board.
What’s probably most surprising is the timing, with the footballers’ Championship campaign well up and running, but there is a connection between O’Donnell and the Dublin manager given that Farrell was part of Mattie Kenny’s hurling backroom team in 2019.
To the casual observer, O’Donnell’s acquisition might be seen as an effort to beef up Farrell’s defensive options with the likes of Jonny Cooper and Mick Fitzsimons pushing on and Davy Byrne set to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
