Dingle hoping for worldwide double delight

A big day for Dingle football.

Local son Mark O’Connor makes his AFL debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground shortly before 10.30am this morning, while later this evening, the club’s senior outfit begin their county championship campaign with a first round tie against Kenmare District.

Followers of the West Kerry side would rather if O’Connor was lining out in Templenoe rather than the MCG, but such has been his swift rise at Geelong that Dingle joint-manager Seamus O’Dowd doesn’t expect to see the 20-year-old returning home any time soon.