The fall of Fossa: The good, the bad and the ugly

There were tears for the Cliffords after Sunday's Kerry IFC loss but the consequences aren't all bad

TOUGH: David Clifford and Paudie Clifford have dealt with real pain in 2023, so there's little question they will come back stronger from Sunday's Kerry IFC final loss to Milltown/Castlemaine. 

The eventual fall of Fossa was the romantics’ equivalent of shooting Bambi on live tv (or livestream at any rate). 

After everything the Clifford family has been through in 2023, book-ending it with heroic club glory in the Kerry IFC final would have provided a neat and appropriate outro to a year chaos, turbulence and sadness for Kerry GAA’s first family.