Mick Clifford: The night Mick O'Dwyer togged out for my grandmother's funeral 

Mick O’Dwyer was more than a football man — he was a force of nature who left an indelible mark on Kerry and the GAA

Mick O'Dwyer lining out for Kerry in the Kerry v Cork Munster senior football final replay in Killarney in July 1961. 

My grandmother died in November 1978 after a long life. Mick O’Dwyer was in the prime of his life at that time, marching across the foothills of greatness. 

Two months earlier, he had overseen the Kerry team’s annihilation of Dublin in an All-Ireland final, beating the odds and kicking off a dynasty.