'I thought it was the end of me': Jack O'Connor recalls close shave in Kerry waters

O'Connor described the sea at St Finian's Bay in south Kerry as "beautiful, but dangerous".

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor said some of the criticism of his side this year crossed a line from fair to personal attack. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Kerry manager Jack O’Connor revealed his son Cian saved a swimmer from drowning near the family home in south Kerry a fortnight ago. O’Connor also recalled his own close shave in the same waters a few years back.

“It’s beautiful, but dangerous,” O’Connor told Helen Ní Shé on An Pod Gaeilge, a Tuairisc.ie podcast, about the sea at St Finian’s Bay. The interview was conducted through Irish.