Lyons encouraged by Kildare ‘sense of purpose’
The Celbridge defender was one of over 74,000 spectators in Croke Park that day as a Dublin side playing with 14 men for over 50 minutes after the dismissal of Ger Brennan stayed the course to complete a five-in-a-row of provincial baubles.
Lyons spent most of the day watching Hugh McGrillen, a fellow member of the corner-back union and a man from his own club. Lyons joined the county panel himself for the 2010 season little knowing the long wait ahead of him for an appearance on that same stage.
