Other county approaches

ANTHONY DALY revealed he was approached by a number of counties before agreeing to manage the Dublin hurlers.

Daly declined to divulge who sought his managerial talents, however Limerick are believed to have approached the Clare legend.

But the former All-Ireland winning skipper was keen to steer clear of provincial rivalries when returning to management.

He said: “This one (Dublin) was more attractive to me with the young people coming through.

“And with a few of our neighbouring counties (in Clare) we have fierce rivalry down there.

“I have no great history with Dublin and no axe to grind. In that sense there was a bit of freedom in it.”

Daly accepted that Tipperary great Nickey English would have been ‘the obvious choice’.

“If I was the Dublin Board I’d be looking at Nickey. But maybe that dragged on a bit. With me, it was a few phone calls, a meeting and a few days to think about it.

Daly, who got lost on his way to Parnell Park joked that ‘a sat-nav’ was top of his Christmas present wish list.