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Leitrim full-strength for Championship bow

Declan Maxwell is fit to start for Leitrim
Declan Maxwell is fit to start for Leitrim

Leitrim make their Championship bow this Sunday when the face Mayo for a place in the Connacht SFC final.

Declan Maxwell has recovered from a knee injury and will line-out at full-forward, it was initially feared that the Drumreilly clubman would miss most of the Championship.

This will be the first Connacht championship clash between the counties since 1997 and Mayo won that semi-final by 0-18 to 0-11.

The time before that Leitrim triumphed by 0-12 to 2-4 in 1994 to take a famous provincial crown – their first since 1927.

Leitrim (SF v Mayo): C McCrann, D Reynolds, J McKeon, M McGuinness, D Mchugh, B McWeeney, S Foley, G McCloskey, C Carroll, B Prior, M Foley, C Regan, D Duignan, D Maxwell, C Duignan.

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