‘The Kerry blood definitely helps,’ admits Dublin star midfielder Brian Fenton

Rookie Dublin midfielder Brian Fenton has revealed how he remembered his late mother, Marian, and Dublin GAA stalwart Dave Billings amid emotional scenes on All-Ireland final day.

The 22-year old Raheny man was immediately surrounded by his family after helping Dublin beat Kerry last weekend, just two years after the passing of his mother, Marian.

The late Billings, a former Dublin selector who mentored Fenton at UCD and died last April, was also recalled at Croke Park with a picture of the St Vincent’s man hanging in the victorious Sky Blues dressing-room.