25,000 fans cheer Kingdom’s heroes

MORE than 25,000 football fans turned out in the Kingdom last night to give a jubilant welcome home to the Kerry team which easily defeated Mayo in Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Biggest crowd, estimated at 15,000, was in Tralee where there was a particularly warm reception for local hero, Kieran Donaghy, the charismatic full-forward who has been described as the find of the year.

“There was a small bit of pressure,” quipped Donaghy, who is known as a bit of joker. A huge cheer went up, with a forest of green and gold flags rising into the air.