Paul Geaney: ‘I don’t think the Kerry public understand the power they have, the energy we get off them’

THE conversation with Kerry captain Paul Geaney might ordinarily begin with moments from the Dingle All-Ireland miracle, or the familial connections last Sunday week as a non-playing skipper handed the new Munster SFC trophy by son Páidí in honour of the lad’s grandfather.

Instead, he is musing over the numerical scale of Cork’s red hordes in Fitzgerald Stadium and doing the match. Eight thousand? Oh, significantly more. Double that? Was there 15,000 Cork supporters tinting Fitzgerald Stadium red? Not far short of it.

You have reached your article limit. Already a subscriber? Sign in

Save €40 on an Annual Subscription.​

Continue reading within unlimited digital access and exclusive subscriber benefits.

Subscribe now

Cancel anytime

Read

Listen

Watch

Play

CONNECT WITH US TODAY

WHATSAPP

NEWSLETTERS

NOTIFICATIONS

Be the first to know the latest news and updates

more championship 2026 articles

Hurling All-Stars: Limerick earn 13 nominations, Galway get 11, and seven for Cork 

'People are still upset over it' - Peter Duggan-Nickie Quaid incident sticks in Clare craw, admits Daly

Inter-county refs say Mayo star O’Donoghue should have seen red in All-Ireland final

More in this section

Éire Óg fight back against Naomh Abán to land Muskerry U21 A football title

S Watch and read: 14-man St Flannan’s dig deep to edge Presentation Milltown

Liam Lynch to replace Patrick O’Sullivan as Kerry GAA Chairman



Deadly Douglas defeat Nemo to secure back-to-back Seandún U21 A football titles for first time

READ NOW