Kinawley’s Ruairí Corrigan says they want to right the wrongs of 2011, when they lost the Intermediate final to Irvinestown, this weekend. 
The Boru’s talisman says: “ever since that game we’ve wanted to get back and put it right”.
Corrigan made his senior debut seven years ago, at the tender age of 16. Since then, he has flourished on the club and county scene, pinning down a place on Pete McGrath’s team along with his brother Tomás.
Corrigan had a shorter summer than he may have wanted in the green and white of Fermanagh but with that has came more club football for the 23 year-old.
“During the county season it is quite hard to juggle both. 
“The only positive of having a bad year with Fermanagh was players got to play more football with their clubs, which has helped club football and will hopefully help Fermanagh next year. 
“A lot of the championship games have been very competitive this year and I think that has been as a result.”
When a player plays for the county, the expectation levels on him are higher when he turns out for his club. 
This added pressure is not something that weighs too heavily on Corrigan though:
“I don’t think about it like that. We’ve had a good run in the league but everyone has chipped in. When players have had off days, younger boys like Daire O’Cathain and Aaron O’Reilly have stood up, players you may not have expected to lead the team but they have. 
“They have shown that anyone can turn the tide. 
“The whole team has been playing like a team and I hope it’s the same come Saturday.”
Corrigan, who recently took up a new position with an Information Technology firm in Belfast, is mindful that Kinawley will get nothing easy at the weekend, saying:
“It’s going to be a massive task. Tempo is a division one team and they have a few players back. 
“The league form goes out the window when it comes to the championship. Tempo will bring a real intensity to the game. 
“They’ve a good blend of youth and experience with the likes of Damien Kelly, they have Aidan Breen back and Rory McCaffrey is a good player. It’s going to be a tight game.”
What Corrigan can be sure of, is that Kinawley will need to show a marked improvement from their semi-final:
“The first half against Lisnaskea wasn’t good enough. As a forward, our shooting wasn’t good and I think everyone can up their game. 
“We kicked a few wides from areas we shouldn’t have even been shooting from and if we do that again we wouldn’t get anywhere near Tempo.”
Kinawley have made massive strides this season in the league and Corrigan attributes great credit to their manager Mark Monaghan for the improvement:
“Last year we only had ourselves to blame because we didn’t fully commit to training. Markie has really brought the group together and has everyone wanting to train. He is a great manager and is very approachable; he has been a breath of fresh air.”
Corrigan goes into this final without his brother Tomás for company but the younger of the two siblings Ruairí, says it is still an aspiration for his older brother, who plays his football with St Oliver Plunkett’s in Dublin, to win a championship with the Borus:
“It has been strange, from a young age we have always played on the same teams. 
“Work wise though it was just too difficult to travel from Dublin but one of his main aims is to win a championship with Kinawley and when he gets set up with work he will want to play with Kinawley and I’m sure they’d be only too delighted to have him back.”
For now though, Ruairí is the only player in his family vying for silverware this weekend but he says his brother and father Dominic, will be there to cheer the boys in blue on all the way.