RTÉ’s television coverage of the All-Ireland football final was anchored by Joanne Cantwell, with Ger Canning occupying the role of lead commentator riding shotgun were a crew of seven experts, four of whom were natives of the Kingdom. Speaking of pundits, it pays to be a Kerry All-Ireland winner. The outlier in terms of modern-day heavyweights is Cavan’s Hughie O’Reilly, who captained them in 1935 and was team trainer (before the term manager was in use) for the county’s three later All-Ireland successes. Two were Dubs – Kevin Heffernan and Tony Hanahoe – along with Cork’s Billy Morgan and Kerry’s Páidí Ó Sé. Dooher joins an exclusive clubĬolm O’Rourke’s famous quip that he would eat his hat if Tyrone won an All-Ireland with Brian Dooher on the team is generally regarded as up there with Martin McHugh’s “Gooch is a two-trick pony” in terms of bad punditry takes.ĭooher is now the sixth man to captain and manage All-Ireland-winning sides. While the Canavans won their medals just 16 years apart, the record in that regard is held by Offaly’s Damian Martin and his son Eunan, hurling medallists in 19 respectively. The Larkins in Kilkenny boast three generations winning over 71 years while Jackie Power won three All-Ireland hurling medals with Limerick before son Ger won eight football medals with Kerry. The clan have another close link to Saturday as Peter’s daughter, and Darragh’s sister, Áine, herself a county player, is married to wing-back Peter Harte.Īmong the famous dynasties are the Donnellans in Galway, three generations of whom won All-Ireland SFC medals.
Sixteen years later, the Canavans join an exclusive club. The old man – no bad player himself, if you recall – won a second in 2005 before retiring.
Already, inevitably, given the nickname ‘the son of God’, Darragh Canavan has claimed his first All-Ireland senior medal at the age of 20, which is 12 years younger than his father Peter was when he landed his first Celtic Cross in 2003.
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