Dublin star Kevin McManamon is always learning

Kevin McManamon takes a seat and talks away about adding layers to his game but a canvas as restricted as sport is rarely wide enough to capture the man in his entirety.

Not with a man whose evolution as a footballer with Dublin pales in comparison to his path away from the field, where his hunger for knowledge and innate curiosity in people and life has nurtured an eclectic mix of interests and passions.

But he’s told that story before: how he packed in the fresh food business he’d set up with a friend after college for something more engrossing to add to a love of football and music. That something was psychology, and it peppers the conversation as he talks form and football.