Bernard Brogan: While we were stocking up on Kiss cider and Blue WKD, Kerry's wounded animals were on the train up

In 2009, life was good for Bernard Brogan. Things had clicked in the sky blue shirt, he and his teammates were celebs around the capital, and were enjoying the rewards off the pitch. Then a wounded Kerry came to town and mauled them, changing everything, as explained in this exclusive chapter from The Hill: My Autobiography, by Bernard Brogan with Kieran Shannon.

Bernard Brogan feels the force of a tackle from Kerry’s Killian Young in the 2009 All-Ireland quarter-final. Picture: James Crombie, INPHO

At the start of 2009, a few of us had the idea of getting a house together: Myself, Ross McConnell, and Éamon Fennell.

But we still needed someone else to complete our Fab Four and eventually we identified our man: Clucko.