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It was a different Kerry dressing room that David Clifford stepped back into in March. Gone were Kieran Donaghy, Anthony Maher, Darran O’Sullivan, and Donnchadh Walsh.

Seán O’Shea may only be 20 but he’s clued in enough to know what’s expected of Kerry this year irrespective of them losing so many veterans.

He’s not exactly tormented by his decision, yet Kerry great Tomás Ó Sé has admitted he retired too early from the inter-county game in 2013.

Kerry football is experiencing one of their greatest exoduses as Darran O’Sullivan yesterday became the fourth player in five weeks to retire from the inter-county scene.

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Kerry county board chairman Tim Murphy has defended the length of time taken by his selection committee to appoint the new Kerry senior football management team.

Maher is the latest Kerry star to announce his retirement.

Five Munster finals, four wins and one draw; Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s championship managerial record against Cork is almost as good as it gets.

Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice may be giving youth its fling this summer, but he’s still looking to the old guard to help shape the Kingdom’s Championship destiny.

The Dublin footballers are every bit as defensive as Galway, Tribes captain Damien Comer has insisted.

A fractured relationship exists between the Kerry football management and supporters of the team, Kingdom boss Éamonn Fitzmaurice has admitted.

Maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Éamonn Fitzmaurice was keeping a record of exactly what he was doing this spring.

Kerry footballer Anthony Maher may not line out for the Kingdom this year, it emerged last night.

After Kilkenny’s first All-Ireland senior title under Brian Cody in 2000, the strength of his panel was lauded to such an extent that when the Cats cruised through Leinster the following year their second 15 were deemed the next best side in the country.

A stunning Mayo performance put an out-of-sorts Kerry out of their misery in a thoroughly deserving All-Ireland semi-final replay win.

John Fogarty considers the selection issues facing the Kerry and Mayo management teams ahead of Sunday’s All -Ireland SFC semi-final.

After Mayo's easy win over Roscommon in the All-Ireland quarter-final replay, Kerry pundit Pat Spillane has expressed some concerns ahead of the Kingdom's clash with Mayo, writes [url=https://twitter.com/ciaraphelan_Ciara Phelan.[/url]

Mike Quirke wonders if Cork really is a football county, while Paul Kerrigan reflects honestly on Munster final disappointment.

At the moment Munster finals aren’t even full stops on Kerry’s road. Éamonn Fitzmaurice has yet to postmortem a loss in the province as manager, but for the best part of yesterday’s 11-point defeat of Cork.

Kieran Donaghy has been selected at full-forward for Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Cork in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that Dublin are suddenly going to fall away now, writes Mike Quirke.

A league final like no other. A league final so pregnant with significance that it was bound to deliver.

When most of us look back on yesterday’s drama at Croke Park, it will be the image of Dean Rock’s 75th-minute free cannoning off the Kerry post that will emerge from the fug of time and stand out in our mind’s eye as the last act on a stage that delivered an absurd amount of drama.

Eamonn Fitzmaurice is unhappy with the timing of Donnchadh Walsh’s one-match ban, forcing the Kerry boss to make a fourth change to his team to face Monaghan on Sunday.

Because it makes sense. That was the motivation behind the Kerry executive’s snappy decision to offer Éamonn Fitzmaurice a two-year extension ahead of last evening’s ratification.

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Experienced inter-county manager Tomás Ó Flatharta predicts his native Kerry will pull a rabbit from the hat and bring “something special” to their clash with Dublin.

What’s that about variety being the spice of life? If so, don’t tell the Kerry footballers, for the opposition they’ve encountered this summer has likened a half decent song stuck on repeat.

I doubt the Kerry players spent too much time discussing their Munster final victory over Tipperary as they supped a few pints in Killarney on Sunday night.

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It’s not just a jersey they hand you, but one with a number, and often that number counts.