Murphy’s heroics set to inspire a generation in Rathmore

"First and foremost, a very proudfather and second, a very proud club chairman," beams Donal Murphy.

The Rathmore chairman departed Dublin’s Clyde Court Hotel at 8am yesterday, celebrations parked momentarily for there lay the small matter of a homecoming to be organised.

Murphy predicted a “dangerously large crowd” in the West Kerry village last night, the first stop for Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s All-Ireland winning charges on their tour of the Kingdom.