By the time Shane O’Neill and John Kiely reached Croke Park in 1996 they were on different paths. O’Neill was a young sub about whom it was too soon to be sure or to be sceptical. Having lost another final, their second in three years, the Limerick management couldn’t resist a winter cull. Kiely was an obvious target: after three years of trying, he hadn’t played a minute in the championship. The mentality that had taken Kiely to that point, though, was bound

Source: The Times November 29, 2020 01:18 UTC