Dingle aiming to become the fourth Kerry club in a very select group

Becoming the fourth Kerry club to win Munster without having won the county championship would do them just fine. For now anyway.
Dingle aiming to become the fourth Kerry club in a very select group

Dingle's Darragh O'Sullivan and Mikey Geaney celebrate after the game. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

On March 24th 1985, the town of Castleisland in north Kerry effectively shut down, emptying out as almost every single person in the place travelled 75 miles up the road to Tipperary Town. 

The Desmonds had reached the All Ireland club football final for the first time, where they met St Vincent’s, the powerhouse of Dublin football.

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