Dara Ó Cinnéide: No country for young men

It’s become a feature of both Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s and Jim Gavin’s reigns that they tend not to select Under 21 players for big matches. It begs the question, why not?

THEY say that those who knew or met the Rock Street legend Miko Doyle would often talk of his hair. His style and flamboyance is still recalled in conversation in Kerry football circles, but it was often the hair and his good looks that attracted most comment.

There is, however, another thing that should never be forgotten about the 1937 All Ireland-winning captain. As part of Kerry’s first great four-in-a-row winning team of 1929-1932, Miko Doyle won four All Ireland senior medals by the age of 21.