Seamus Darby has savoured the joy, dealt with the fame, and endured the adversity that followed the most famous goal in GAA history, writes Colm Buckley.

After three Leinster final appearances and three Leinster final defeats, it would be tempting for Paraic Sullivan to suggest Rhode’s latest provincial decider is life and death stuff.

He may no longer be with us, but Páidí Ó Sé remains the tie that binds.

ONLY a couple of months previous he was one of Ireland’s World Cup cricket heroes in the win over England, taking four wickets to limit the auld enemy to 327, before scoring the final runs to complete a record chase.