On a clear day, football’s biggest empire is clearly visible across the Shannon. No wonder so many Kerry men have patrolled Clare sidelines
Clare manager Mark Fitzgerald. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
During the Miltown Massacre in 1979, when Kerry dismembered Clare 9-21 to 1-9 in the Munster championship, John O’Keeffe was watching proceedings from the quiet remove of his full-back station.
Forty-five years later, he remembers in the second half turning to one of his teammates and suggesting that Kerry should “pull back a small bit”, although it can be reasonably assumed his words went unheeded.
