Kieran Shannon: Classy Kerry forwards - there's no end to them

From Dara Ó Cinnéide in ’96 to Dylan Geaney now in 2026, the Kerry forward production line has yet to cease operation.

KINGDOM ELITE: Kerry's front line stars over the last 30 years, starting with (top left) Dara O'Cinnéide from 1996, then MF Russell, Johnny Crowley, Aodán MacGearailt, Noel Kennelly, Eoin Brosnan, Colm Cooper, Declan O'Sullivan, Paul Galvin, Bryan Sheehan, Kieran Donaghy, Donnchadh Walsh, Tommy Walsh, Tadhg Kennelly, Barry John Keane, Darran O'Sullivan, James O'Donoghue, Johnny Buckley, Paul Geaney, Stephen O'Brien, Tony Brosnan, Tom O'Sullivan, David Clifford, Sean O'Shea, Killian Spillane, Paudie Clifford, Diarmuid O'Connor, Dara Moynihan, Cillian Burke, Joe O'Connor and this year's star turn, Dylan Geaney.

It’s 30 years now this month that they first sang 'It’s Coming Home' - because in their case it was.

After living for too long under the heel of Billy Morgan’s Cork, Kerry had ended his (first) tenure by wrestling back the Munster championship, a trophy that would be later named by the victorious manager of that day, one Páidí Ó Sé.