How Pádraic Joyce's time in Tralee helped inspire Galway to All-Ireland success

As Kerry showed off the Sam Maguire Cup on an open deck bus in Tralee in late September 1997, Pádraic Joyce watched the celebrations from his apartment.

Kerry had been waiting 11 years for such an occasion - a lifetime in Kingdom GAA - and the Tralee RTC computer studies student couldn’t but be envious. By that stage, Galway had been 31 years without such a victory parade.