A – Armagh. Where else to start but with our lovely apple-chomping, diesel smuggling, centre for ecclesiastical worshipping neighbours Armagh. Their second-coming has paved the way for a decade of Tyrone dominance just as they did in 2002. The similarities are remarkable. Sam in the Orchard has sparked new management in the Bushes, hungry Canavans, and a chance to ignore the traditional guard of honour in the league. Armagh are a bit like Moses for us. Or John the Baptist.

B – Brolly. You can’t keep a good man down. The highlight of the year was when the Dungiven dramatist launched a scathing attack on caravan owners whilst discussing the Mickey Harte to Derry situation. Despite protestations from his long-suffering partner, Dion Dublin, he labelled caravaners’ fools’. Quite why he hates caravans is unclear, though a friend in Knockloughrim told me he was dumped by a girl from Cookstown in the 1980s at a resort in Bundoran which might shed light on his distaste for mobile homes.

C – Cookstown. Cookstown held on to its claim as the longest main street in Ireland for a remarkable 211 consecutive years. Plans to create a bypass through the town have left locals on edge in case they cut the main street up a bit, but as it stands, like Armagh ones, Cookstonians can wake up on New Year’s Day knowing they’re still the best of the bunch.