Kennedy hopes for long hot summer for Banner

JOHN KENNEDY remembers telephoning Jack O'Connor to offer his congratulations and best wishes after he was chosen to succeed Páidí Ó Sé as Kerry manager.
Kennedy hopes for long hot summer for Banner

Few people doubt that he will be visiting the Kerry dressing room after tomorrow's Bank of Ireland Munster SFC game in Ennis to do the same.

"I have great respect for Jack O'Connor and am good friends with him. But for 70 minutes we will be on opposite sides, doing our best to plot each other's downfall. I am a Kerryman through and through and I had great days with Kerry. But when you get an offer of inter-county football and take it up, there is always the chance you will come up against our own county," he commented.

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