
Dungannon hero runs part of Belfast Marathon hours after Irish Cup heroics for cousin who died in nightclub tragedy
The defender was overjoyed when Dungannon Swifts won the Mid-Ulster Cup in January — his first medal — little realising that far more important silverware was soon to come.

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