Out of the limelight, Pillar still tangled up in Blue

PROVINCIALLY speaking, Paul Caffrey’s record reads like that of an undisputed heavyweight champion. Thirteen fights, 13 wins, 13 knock-outs.

Nobody, not Kevin Heffernan nor Pat Gilroy, can claim to have made the Leinster SFC his own like the Na Fianna man did in his four seasons (2005-8).

Not once in that time did the Delaney Cup leave the capital and yet Caffrey’s legacy is pockmarked with depressions, the 2006 All-Ireland semi-final loss to Mayo ranking the lowest just ahead of the one to Kerry the following year.