The Bishop of Killarney, Fr Paidi Sheehy, has called on the Vatican to excommunicate all Tyrone people from the Catholic Church after Kerry outfit Dr Crokes were defeated by Ballygawley outfit Errigal Ciaran for ‘crimes against gaelic tradition’.

The excommunication of Tyrone people would not be a first, after the whole county was excommunicated in 1598 when Hugh O’Neill gave the English Queen the fingers after a banquet in London. The Queen at the time was doing a line with Pope Clement VIII.

Bishop Sheehy added:

“To be honest, we’re sick and tired of Tyrone ones with their arrogant ways. They’re flash and nouveau riche and full of it. An excommunication is only the first step in a new initiative in 2025 to put them back in their 1986 box.”

Errigal Ciaran fans on their way to Croke Park have been urged to attend Mass as normal until official word comes through.