We were just as fit as today’s finely-honed stars

A few decades ago they were the talk of the GAA, footballers supreme; a few weeks ago, they were the talk of the nation, as, along with former Meath star David Beggy, they sang and danced — terms used loosely — in RTE’s Celebrity You’re A Star show. Kerry’s Jack O’Shea and Barney Rock of Dublin met with Diarmuid O’Flynn to talk of times present and past, not to mention tomorrow’s semi-final clash.

Diarmuid O’Flynn: I’ll just leave the recorder down there lads, ignore it, talk away.

Barney Rock: “That will be no problem anyway – when we were able to ignore the tv cameras, we can ignore anything. We didn’t even see them, eventually.”