Two county Carlow football sides are getting ready for their opening action in this year’s O Byrne cup.
The county senior’s face Leinster rivals Longford on Sunday at 2pm in Dr Cullen park while the students of I.T Carlow open their campaign away to Wicklow in Ashford at the same time
The games mark the start of this year’s inter county football season while the matches will also see the introduction of the Black card for the first time in 2014.