How exactly did Micko get the Kerry job?

Mickey Ned O’Sullivan is keen to address a couple of misconceptions around that time.

Stars on the 1975 Kerry All-Ireland winning team captain Mickey Ned O'Sullivan and Ger Power, with their former manager Mick O'Dwyer at a celebration banquet. Picture by Eamonn Keogh (MacMonagle, Killarney)

When did Mick O’Dwyer take over as Kerry manager? Fifty years on, it’s a question that continues to beguile and bemuse.

His authorised biography suggests he was simply promoted from selector having overseen the U21s in 1974 and oversaw the National League campaign that began in October of that year. It also states county chairman Gerald McKenna “bulldozed” his appointment through the county board.