Mugsy fuels fire on Kerry rivalry

Owen Mulligan has stoked the flames of the sometimes bitter Tyrone-Kerry rivalry in his newly-released autobiography, Mugsy — My Story.

The Cookstown man speaks of how both Kerry and Finuge players indulged in sectarian abuse in the 2008 All-Ireland final and this year’s All-Ireland Club intermediate final.

He also mocks Paul Galvin for “crying like a baby” after Kerry’s qualifier win over Tyrone in Killarney last year, while he questioned that the 2009 footballer of the year was spat on in last February’s club game. Mulligan described Kerry’s 2004 All-Ireland win as “very soft” and admits the disdain between the camps when they both were in their pomp.