Stack pays tribute to ‘superior force’

Stephen Stack searched for solace amid the debris of a 16-point defeat.

He remembers being at a function — as an employee of then-sponsors AIB in 2009 — in the Fáilte bar in Killarney with a defeated Dr Crokes side.

The Killarney men had just lost to South Kerry in that year’s county final — what he saw impressed him and provides the Austin Stacks manager with solace after his side’s crushing loss.