Overcoming a heartbreak defeat made it all possible for Gneeveguilla and Patrick O’Riordan

Five months later, O’Riordan will lead Gneeveguilla out at Croke Park for an All-Ireland club junior football final that wouldn’t be possible if opponents Ballydonoghue hadn’t won and scored that penalty

Pa Riordan of Gneeveguilla, ahead of the All-Ireland club final. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Patrick O’Riordan won’t forget the night of September 5 last in a hurry.

Beaten in the delayed 2020 Kerry junior premier county final by a last-minute goal at the end of extra-time, from a penalty, which he admits he conceded himself, the Gneeveguilla goalkeeper cut a fairly inconsolable figure.