When Kerry fell to Rossies

Anthony Flaherty’s proudest days came draped in the primrose and blue of Roscommon, not least the 1984 Centenary Cup victory over Wexford.

That was hurling, however, and those games, more often than not, were played out in the mundane surrounds of Athleague.

Roscommon, lest we forget, is first and foremost a football county and when it came to their spiritual home, Dr Hyde Park, Flaherty’s role was no more than a spectator, though the memories are just as fresh.