Kieran McGeeney: 'Most of it doesn’t bother me; when it affects my family, it bothers me'

Nothing is won yet, as McGeeney stressed, but the county’s fifth ever All-Ireland final appearance is something to cherish.

FAMILY:  Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney admitted the negative comments aimed at him down through the years as silverware eluded him hurt his family. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Afterwards, Kieran McGeeney spoke of family.

He first mentioned his Ballymacelligott wife Maura in relation to his admiration for Kerry and his coach Kieran Donaghy. “It was tough in one way but he's a competitor,” he said of him. “That's what makes him so great. It's in that Kerry blood. I have seen that with my own wife. You don't want to cross them!”