Kieran Shannon: Gaelic football now as thrilling a game to watch and play as any other in the world

You must got back to 2010 for a championship and quarter-final weekend that has felt as remotely as good and uplifting as this year.

When the Football Review Committee let it be known that its vision and mission was to make “Gaelic Games the most enjoyable games in the world to play and watch”, we didn’t believe them but they have achieved it. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Given the weekend that was in it, it’s only fair that we acknowledge the words as well as the genius of Jack O’Connor and that if we’ve been in the business of knocking something, we should be as quick to build it up when merited.

For a gauge of where Gaelic football is at, the All Ireland quarter-final stage since its inception has been as good as any.