Dog bites cock at Offaly Final

[Plain of the Herbs]

Saw this in today's Irish Times. What was going on here?

What is it with all the biting apparently going on during recent intercounty matches?
Perhaps the victims of biting incidents should be thankful the current fashion is to snack on ears or arms.
The recent reports reminded us of a report from The Irish Times in October, 1988 which told of a cockerel, sporting the colours of Tullamore GAA club, being released on to the field during the Offaly senior football championship final.
A dog, presumably of the opponents Ferbane persuasion, chased it around the field until the poor bird – minus some feathers – escaped behind an advertising board.
This newspaper carried the story the following day along with the headline: “Dog bites cock at Offaly final.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/septemb ... -1.1440935

[Bord na Mona man]

I remember there was a suggestion that the dog had been spotted sporting Ferbane colours around the time of the incident?
I'm nearly sure this notion was rejected at the next county board meeting.

Any relation to the dog who ran onto the field after the ball last Saturday night?

[GOOFY]

Any relation to the dog who ran onto the field after the ball last Saturday night?[/quote]


Yeah heard he was a second cousin twice removed, nothing worse than getting it biten by a dog