Diarmuid O'Connor: Jack Barry's one of most under-rated players in country

Diarmuid O'Connor is good friends with Jack Barry’s younger brothers Fergal and Andrew and so there was many an afternoon spent over at the Barry household as a child

RETURN: Kerry's Diarmuid O'Connor in action against Roscommon in the league. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

Diarmuid O’Connor and Jack Barry roomed together during Kerry’s recent Quinta do Lago training camp in Portugal. No surprises there. The county’s midfield pair are never out of each other’s company for too long.

The pair, as no Kerry person needs telling, are clubmates. The O’Connor’s and Barry’s, by pure coincidence, both live on the opposite side of Tralee town to the Na Gaeil club they lifted to senior status in recent seasons but are only down the road from each other.