The power behind the Kingdom’s throne

PÁIDÍ Ó SÉ already had a taste for management before the last championship meeting of Kerry and Tyrone in the 1986 All-Ireland decider.

And even then he liked it.

Two years prior to that last playing visit to Croke Park on All-Ireland Final day, Ó Sé had coached West Kerry to county championship success. In the intervening 19 years he has tasted bitterness and success in his time at the helm of the proudest and most demanding footballing county in Ireland.