Karol Mannion is frustrated that St Brigid's can't play Sunday's Connacht Club SFC final in Roscommon.

A rule introduced by Connacht Council five years ago blocking clubs from hosting provincial championship matches means the clash with Corofin cannot be staged in Kiltoom, while Dr Hyde Park is unavailable, so St Brigid's will play their 'home' game at Carrick-on-Shannon:

"Without trying to sound annoyed about it, when the rule was brought in, it only impacted three clubs in Connacht: ourselves, Ballina and Seán O'Heslins in Ballinamore," Mannion states in The Irish Times. "We were the only team contesting Connacht titles at the time so it felt like - that a club team can't play at their own ground - it was brought in for us.

"We had won two Connacht titles at that stage, we had beaten Corofin in Kiltoom and the rule was brought in the following year. So at the time, yeah, it felt like it was annoying because it felt like it was a rule just for us. Since then, we've just got on with it.

"We played Ballina in Ballina in '07, it was the way it was. That was the rule. We just went down there and played them and got on with it. I'd like to play in Roscommon, it's just a pity that Dr Hyde Park is out of commission. It's just where we are now. We've played in Carrick' against Leitrim club Aughawillan."

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