Pa Kilkenny reflects on long road back to the Kerry panel

Mayo’s Keith Higgins tackles Pa Kilkenny of Kerry in the 2014 All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay. Having been dropped from the panel in 2016 Kilkenny is back in the Kingdom set-up again. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Once his divisional commitments draw to a close following Saturday evening’s county final, Pa Kilkenny will fall back in with the Kerry football panel.

2020 was to be his first full season in green and gold since 2015 - and it still will be, but just nothing like he imagined it.