Philly McMahon: Tyrone no longer need the dark arts but this bright wave of talent does not guarantee brave new dawn

Tyrone U-20 star Eoin McElholm is already showing he can make an impact for Malachy O'Rourke's seniors. Photo: Sportsfile

Tyrone. What image does the mention of their name conjure? Where do they sit in your little book of Gaelic football preconceptions? Has that perception changed? How?

They’re not the fire-breathing iconoclasts of the Mickey Harte era. That’s one thing anyway. They don’t stand out like baddies in a western with their long, dark beards and advanced mastery of what we euphemistically like to call the ‘dark arts’.

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