A long-forgotten rule in the GAA rulebook was unearthed by a fanatic in Bessbrook this morning, indicating that if one county defeats a neighbouring county three times within a year, then the losing county must nominate a 5-mile radius to be handed over to the victorious county for 12 months, before the end of that calendar year.

Dualta Moriarty, who stumbled across the rule when unsuccessfully looking for a different rule regarding calling an umpire a ‘glipe’, also explained how the losing county must nominate the piece of land to be handed over, without consulting the affected community.

Rule 34.2.3 of the official GAA rulebook has been forwarded to the Tyrone county board who have a preliminary shortlist already drawn up which includes Eglish, Moygashel, Windmill, Urney and Fivemiletown.

Trillick was initially included in the shortlist but was withdrawn after an objection from Fermanagh who already lay claim to most of the area.

Eglish man Tommy Jordan warned the county board:

“See if those hoors in Garvaghey sell us down the river, they’ll never have a McGleenan or McKenna play for the county again”

Moygashel residents have welcomed their nomination, stating that they love the Armagh jersey.