Kerry manager Jack O'Connor commiserates with Donegal manager Jim McGuinness after last year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final at Croke Park. They will meet again in Sunday's National Football League Division One final. There had, for a while, been a keen interest in the unvarnished outcomes of qualifying for the league final and avoiding relegation. On Sunday, for the first time in his three reins spanning 12 years, O’Connor’s Kerry reached the league final the season after winning an All-Ireland. Next weekend will be only the third time in 40 years that the previous year’s All-Ireland finalists have returned to Croke Park to contest a league final.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2026 18:35 UTC