Don’t dismiss a double-K ambush

In an old Zane Grey western they’d have been the double-K, the biggest and baddest ranch around, gobbling up all the land and cattle in the region, KK their brand.

They would have been the dominant force for years, losing the occasional skirmish but maintaining their status, lords of all they surveyed. Until one fateful day along came these two young kids with big ambitions, faster guns, and the double-K was in trouble.

In the more mundane world of the GAA there is another double-K brand – Kerry and Kilkenny. The Kingdom are leaders of the All-Ireland senior football roll of honour, way out on their own with 36 titles, Dublin trailing with a very impressive 23. In hurling it’s Kilkenny, 33 titles.