Kerry scale another mountain

AFTER Cork rattled Kerry for a goal and three points in the first 10 minutes of yesterday’s All-Ireland final, Jack O’Connor turned to his management team and shrugged “one more mountain won’t kill us”.

The Kingdom scaled it like every other this summer – in their own good time – reeling in Conor Counihan’s Cork to post a 0-16 to 1-9 success at Croke Park yesterday.

The upshot of their success is a staggering litany of achievement this decade – a 36th All-Ireland title, a fifth in the noughties, and eight finals out of 10.