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Tommy Martin: It'll be a dark day when the Kerry public react calmly to defeat

The Kerry manager’s Golden Cleric speech was a belter, even if none of his critics are condemned to working with pygmies in the South Seas like one of Father Ted’s sworn enemies.
Tommy Martin: It'll be a dark day when the Kerry public react calmly to defeat

Jack O'Connor Kerry Manager at full time with a member of his backroom team. Pic: ©INPHO/James Lawlor.

“And now, we move on to liars,” Jack O’Connor might have said in the press conference room after his team’s stunning win over Armagh in Sunday’s All-Ireland football quarter-final.

The Kerry manager’s Golden Cleric speech was a belter, even if none of his critics are condemned to working with pygmies in the South Seas like one of Father Ted’s sworn enemies. As Shania Twain might have said, it’s the winning manager’s prerogative to have a little fun, and boy did Jack enjoy himself.

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