'I'm a private person' — Former Dubs star Diarmuid Connolly not missing GAA spotlight

The mercurial St Vincent's forward bowed out with a fistful of Celtic Crosses after a glittering career with Dublin.

FRIENDS REUNITED: BoyleSports ambassador and Dublin legend Diarmuid Connolly, right, came face-to-face with Mayo legend Lee Keegan on Clonliffe Road on Tuesday. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Diarmuid Connolly never had much time for the media when he was a Dublin player.

Once, when he sat down for a rare roundtable with journalists in 2016, he noted that he was only doing it to fulfil his obligations as St Vincent's captain.