‘They’re a really special group. You’d bring your kids to watch them play’

Appreciating the human condition has been at the very core of what has made this Dublin group as special as it is. In a frank interview, selector Declan Darcy, who has coached alongside Jim Gavin since 2003, gives an insight into how the panel’s bond has helped with grief, his five-in-a-row fears and the return of Diarmuid Connolly.

Appreciating the human condition has been at the very core of what has made this Dublin group as special as it is. In a frank interview, selector Declan Darcy, who has coached alongside Jim Gavin since 2003, gives an insight into how the panel’s bond has helped with grief, his five-in-a-row fears, and the return of Diarmuid Connolly.