Colin Sheridan: I couldn’t hate him. I just wished Diarmuid Connolly was ours

Diarmuid Connolly of Dublin in action against Kerry players, left to right, Seán O'Shea, Tadhg Morley, and Killian Spillane during last year's All-Ireland final. Picture: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile
In case you hadn’t heard, Diarmuid Connolly retired from inter-county football last week. There was no cameo on the Late Late with Ryan, and no tell-all expose in the Sunday magazines.
A simple statement released via the Dublin GAA website told us all he wanted us to know, and so the most flamboyantly gifted footballer of the last decade exited stage left without giving us a chance to say goodbye.