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It's pitch black in Omagh as the lights go out during Tyrone vs Monaghan

Darkness descended on Healy Park this evening.

Updated 21.25

TYRONE AND MONAGHAN’S division one league opener was shaping up nicely as The Farney County kicked six points in-a-row to turn a five-point deficit into a one-point lead early in the second half.

And then the lights went out.

General view of Healy Park after the floodlights went off Presseye / Russell Pritchard/INPHO Presseye / Russell Pritchard/INPHO / Russell Pritchard/INPHO

Niall Morgan and Colm Cavanagh leave the pitch after the lights went out Presseye / Russell Pritchard/INPHO Presseye / Russell Pritchard/INPHO / Russell Pritchard/INPHO

 

There were some conspiracy theorists who thought Mickey Harte was behind the delay so his team could have a chance to regroup.

When the game eventually resumed, Monaghan continued their second-half revival to win by 1-13 to 0-9.

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