Leadership, mental strength

DARRAGH Ó SÉ played his 67th championship match for Kerry in last September’s All-Ireland final.

He now holds the record for most championship appearances in the famous green and gold. He is idolised in Kerry and respected nationally.

He started as a raw 19-year-old in 1994 and always had that rare aerial authority which endeared him to the Kerry faithful. There is a great picture from the Munster final of 1995 on the back cover of Tom Humphries’ book, Green Fields. Darragh Ó Sé has just been introduced to the fray, and is in a now-familiar pose soaring above the rest to pick the ball from over their heads.