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Published 16:26 22 Oct 2015 BST
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The minion is mysteriously burnt down on Thursday evening before the finals.
The community rallies.
The minion is rebuilt with concrete blocks.
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"There was a good buzz around the club. Everybody wanted to help," SportsJOE spoke with a group of the community. "Especially after the burning, people wanted to do something and be practical and the whole village rallied behind.
"It turned out to be a bit of fun then. Children were up getting photos, the teams got photos there. The school. There were cake sales, people were selling minion cakes and then this thing became a bit of an icon and it became known as the Cargin Minion!"
"It was just good craic and it was all light-hearted. When the first one burned down, there was even an obituary for it on Facebook. It was hilarious.
"But then so many people were talking and texting to say we needed to do another one after the first one went down - we knew it wouldn't last anyway, it was made of straw. It sort of became the club mascot then and it brought us all together a bit more. So we rebuilt it with concrete."
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