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Patrick McKenna was born in the North Monaghan parish of Errigal Truagh in 1869. A pupil at St Macartans and Maynooth, he was ordained in 1894. He taught English at Maynooth and was appointed curate of Currin parish in 1896. He spent a period teaching in St Ciaran’s Kilkenny before returning to Clogher as curate of Enniskillen. He was appointed professor of Theology at Maynooth in 1904 and in 1909 he was consecrated Bishop of Clogher.
The Bishop provided a glowing reference for Eoin O Duffy to help him secure the position of assistant –surveyor in the Clones/Cootehill district. Later in 1918 O ‘Duffy was arrested in Clones and Bishop McKenna issued a lengthy statement condemning the arrest. When the Bishop McKenna presented the cup to the Ulster Council in 1925 the council recognised an old friend.
The regulations for the new McKenna cup were drawn up at the Ulster convention in 1926 and the competition commenced in 1927. The first final was played in Clones on May 8, 1927 with Monaghan defeating Donegal 2-7 to 2-3.
The first and only trophy presented to the late Cormac Mc Anallen as captain of the Tyrone senior team was the McKenna cup. It was fitting that Miceal Greenan as Uachtaran Comhairle Uladh presented that original McKenna cup as a permanent memento to the Mc Anallen family. It resides now with pride in Brantry.
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