Mick O’Dwyer reveals how he thinks about Seamus Darby’s goal in 1982 at least once a week

Mick O’Dwyer has admitted that Kerry’s last-gasp, 1982 All-Ireland final defeat to Offaly still haunts him and he contemplates the setback at least once a week, writes John Fogarty.

Mick O’Dwyer admitted that Kerry’s last-gasp, 1982 All-Ireland final defeat to Offaly still haunts him and he contemplates the setback at least once a week, writes John Fogarty.

The RTÉ documentary, Micko, screened tonight at 9.35pm, chronicles the Waterville man’s life and footballer career. In it, O’Dwyer says the defeat which denied the five in a row is “implanted in my mind”.