Fogarty Forum: AFL is a banned acronym in Kerry

Zach Tuohy is mistaken if he believes Aussie Rules is doing nothing different to Irish-based sports offering a full-time alternative to GAA.

HEADING DOWN UNDER: Cillian Burke of Kerry in action against Jason Duffy of Armagh. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Twenty-five years on from Tadhg Kennelly’s departure for Australia, Kerry people realise at this stage the harsh truth that Gaelic football is no longer everything for everyone in the county.

Just when it felt like the game meant the world to him, it soon didn’t. Fifteen years ago, on the night he picked up an All-Star to match the All-Ireland medal, it emerged he was returning to the Swans after just one season.