Team news: A family affair for the Brehenys

June 18, 2015

Mark Breheny of Sligo.
©INPHO/James Crombie.

Sligo captain Mark Breheny will line out alongside his nephew Cian in Saturday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Roscommon.

Cian, who is a son of Sligo's 2007 Connacht SFC winning manager Tommy, has been named at midfield for this weekend's penultimate stage clash by manager Niall Carew.

34-year-old Mark, meanwhile, will take up his customary position at centre-forward.

There are three other championship debutants in the Sligo starting 15 - defenders Daniel Maye and Eoin Flanagan and half-forward Criostoir Davey.

Sligo (SFC v Roscommon) - Aidan Devaney; Ross Donovan, Kevin McDonnell, Daniel Maye; Keelan Cawley, Brendan Egan, Eoin Flanagan; Cian Breheny, Niall Murphy; Criostoir Davey, Mark Breheny, Neil Ewing; David Kelly, Pat Hughes, Adrian Marren.


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