Down hopefuls turn up the heat in Newry

Gripping stuff: Down’s Joe Ireland tries to get away from Paul Carvill of St Mary’s during yesterday’s Dr McKenna Cup Section B match at Pairc Esler in Newry. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

A STUBBORN winter's sun shone over the low hills of the east and cast long, languid shadows on the frost-bitten turf of Pairc Esler yesterday afternoon.

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