Christy O'Connor: Will Meath ever fully recover from thrashing Kingdom?

For many in Kerry, there was a neat symmetry and silent satisfaction to their winning margin on Sunday – 15 points.

Meath selector Sean Boylan with RTÉ presenter Damien Lawlor before the game in Navan. Pic: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile

Meath still paying a heavy price for Kerry mauling 23 years ago 

An hour after Meath hammered Kerry in the 2001 All-Ireland semi-final, John McDermott was walking out of Croke Park alongside five of his team-mates when he turned and made a comment that proved to be extremely prescient. “That is actually going to do Meath more harm than it will Kerry,” said McDermott.