Banner football’s Special K

At 27, Paudie Kissane still hadn’t played Championship football for Cork. But he retired with one All-Ireland title, two Munster crowns, three National Leagues and an All Star award. And now he’s plotting Kerry’s downfall.

Banner football’s Special K
Sat, 21 Jun, 2014 - 01:00
Kieran Shannon
Kieran Shannon
Kieran Shannon is an award-winning sportswriter renowned for big interviews, insightful columns and an unrelenting focus on high‑performance sport.

This is not Broadway. But it is an apprenticeship.

A league game in Cusack Park, Ennis, on the last Sunday of March and, on the sideline, two familiar, trim figures don bibs over their tracksuits.

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