There are the lighthouses for sure, on the field and in the backroom team, for All-Ireland Club SFC finalists Dingle. Who better to characterise the essential ingredients that frame this remarkable journey from West Kerry to Croke Park? “When you’re nine points down in a game, and then you go 10 points down in a game, maybe the worst thing that happened to Ballyboden was them getting that goal. I’m sure they went in at half time, and the manager said, ‘It’s 0-0, Dingle will come at you’. Of Sunday’s final opponents, St Bridget’s, O’Connor muses: “They’re a good kicking team, great individual skills, great marking abilities, very crisp in the tackle.”

Source: Irish Examiner January 15, 2026 10:30 UTC