Donaghy out for two months

KIERAN DONAGHY will miss the remainder of Kerry’s Allianz League campaign after dislocating his shoulder during the first half of yesterday’s defeat by Donegal.

The Austin Stacks forward did the damage when setting up a score for Mike Frank Russell after 21 minutes, falling awkwardly against Donegal full-back Paddy Campbell as he did so. Kerry manager Pat O’Shea confirmed afterwards that the injury to the AC joint would probably keep the 2006 Player of the Year out for the next eight weeks, but a definitive timeline won’t be known until the injury is x-rayed.

“It would have been nice to see him on for the full game, because he started quite brightly and was involved in a lot of our scores early on,” said the Dr Crokes manager. “It was disappointing from the team point of view.”