Tadhg Morley: Pain of Kerry defeat to Mayo got worse, not better

Though Morley didn't get as much gametime as he would have liked in recent years, and there were 'difficult conversations' between him and Jack O'Connor, it never strained his relationship with the Kerry manager

Tadhg Morley said he would be 'very optimistic' about a successful campaign for the Kingdom in 2027. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Tadhg Morley has said the pain of Kerry's All-Ireland final defeat to Mayo got worse, not better, as time passed. The two-time Sam Maguire winner announced his retirement from inter-county football in October, three months after the final. 

“The lads will be hurting big time over how the final played out," Morley told Radio Kerry's Terrace Talk.