Gaeltacht toughness to count

IN their quieter moments, before they engage each other in this afternoon's AIB All-Ireland club football final (3.40pm), An Ghaeltacht and Caltra will have reflected on their good fortune to be in Croke Park for one of the biggest days in the GAA calendar.

The Ghaeltacht manager Fergal Ó Sé, who didn't get his wish for a starting place, remembers in particular a dramatic finish to the Kerry SFC semi-final against Mid-Kerry.

"We were two points clear, in the last minute and I watched as a fisted ball just skimmed around the post. We were that close to going out of the championship,'' he recalled.