Success all relative for Dublin's golden generation

They say no-one knows the son quite like the father, though it must be getting increasingly difficult for the elders of Dublin football to identify with their sons’ remarkable achievements.

A third of the Dublin team that will shoot for an historic three-in-a-row of All-Ireland titles in 2017 — we’re including the returning Jack McCaffrey in this group — are the offspring of former Dublin players. And all of them have long since eclipsed their fathers’ feats, each collecting more All-Ireland medals than their dads and having the potential to add several more.

That’s saying something, considering players like James McCarthy and Bernard Brogan had such big boots to fill. But they’ve stepped right in and walked tall. Dean Rock, McCaffrey and Kevin McManamon have seen their father’s achievements and raised them.