Bernard Brogan: Kerry emotionally hijacked Dublin in 2009

Bernard Brogan, Dublin, in action against Tom O'Sullivan, Kerry in the 2009 final. Picture: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE

Bernard Brogan has revealed the lengths Pat Gilroy went to as Dublin manager to ensure the team weren’t “emotionally hijacked” again like they were against Kerry in 2009.

That “startled earwigs” 17-point defeat to the Kingdom in that year’s All-Ireland quarter-final was the last time Dublin lost to their age-old rivals and they beat them in the final two years later, the first of five SFC wins in the last decade.