O’Dwyer lavishes praise on familiar foe

Back in the 70s and 80s when Kerry were in their pomp, their manager Mick O’Dwyer talked up Cork year after year as the second-best team in Ireland, behind the Kingdom.

Many in the Rebel County saw it as the roguish Micko simply rubbing it into Kerry’s oldest and fiercest rivals.

This week, in advance of Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final in Cusack Park, Micko is again talking up Cork but now in a different guise, in his new role as Clare senior football manager.