Paul Galvin: ‘When I listen to Brian Fenton speak, I wish he was from Kerry’

Former Kerry star Paul Galvin hopes the county has rediscovered its football DNA

Dublin's Brian Fenton in action against Kerry during the 2020 Allianz League. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

More than the 22-point rout of Galway, or the David Clifford masterclass, Paul Galvin was heartened by a rediscovery of Kerry’s football DNA in Tralee on Saturday.

If the former footballer of the year sensed the Kingdom had drifted away from traditions last year, he also found it perfectly understandable. As someone who served as an inter-county manager during the first Covid lockdown, Galvin acutely appreciated that normal rules didn’t apply in 2020.