Kieran Shannon: Ulster may be the great disrupters, but Kerry remain the great adapters

Never in their proud history have the Kingdom beaten three All-Ireland champions en route to their own Sam Maguire success

THUMBS UP: David and Paudie Clifford at Kerry's Al-Ireland winning homecoming in Tralee on Monday night. Pic: Ben Brady, Inpho

Not even in all of their proud history had Kerry done this before.

Since Jack O’Connor’s team returned to Croke Park a little over a month ago, standing in the way of them and a 39th All-Ireland title for the county were three teams that all have All-Ireland winners in their dressing room.