Sam Maguire Cup to be guest of honour at Puck Fair

Legend has it that a goat warned the people of Killorglin against Cromwell's advance.

Kerry football team manager Jack O'Connor with  the Sam Maguire Cup at St Finan's Beach in South Kerry on Friday. Picture: Don MacMonagle

The Sam Maguire Cup will make its first-ever appearance at the opening parade at Puck Fair, Killorglin, Co Kerry this year. 

The ancient event on the Laune river at the foothills of the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks is back after what is effectively a three-year gap.