Donaghy, a giant amongst men

To appreciate the extraordinary journey and career Kieran Donaghy underwent before announcing his inter-county retirement yesterday on the 17th anniversary of 9/11, it’s worth rewinding to where he was when those planes crashed into those towers.

He was in Tyrone visiting his father who had long left the family home in Tralee, accompanying him in his mobile shop as Oliver Donaghy drove around the county trying to sell from door to door everything from teabags to toilet paper.

Donaghy Snr had just popped into a house in Fintona when his son heard something on the radio about a terrorist attack but initially thought it was just a trailer for some upcoming movie.