Colm O'Neill: ‘That moment was the difference between being loved and having a lynch mob on your trail’

Colm O’Neill makes the lonely walk too the touchline after being sent off in 1990 All-Ireland SFC final against Meath. ‘Being involved in All-Ireland football finals with Cork, then, I’d be very aware of the element of luck involved. At one stage in the second half Brian Stafford got through for a goal chance and John Kerins pulled off a vital save.' Picture: Des Barry

This is how it was for Colm O’Neill when he first went to America, over 20 years ago.

“My mother would buy the Examiner every Monday morning,” he says.