Dara Ó Cinnéide
speaker
803 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 27 Jul
Dara Ó Cinnéide’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But he was contributing and that was it.
And as you say...
Some players, you know, fill their pockets with medals and have to.
There's a natural retirement age, a natural walk away moment for all great players.
James McCarthy, for example, you know, was one of the all-time greats.
And, you know, it was the right time for him to go.
And obviously the age profile dictates that Kilkenny, possibly Mannion and McCaffrey could still be there.
But, you know, there were choices they made and as well as that, that they, you know, they probably have other things going on in their lives and they have plenty of medals anyway.
But Kilkenny almost was kind of,
you're there saying is he going to you know and there's another year or two in this guy you know easily you know the way he's going there's no problem with you just because it's a number whatever he's 32 or whatever and he's done his bits and pieces and he's achieved everything that's to be achieved in the game but there's more in him they need him and it's almost like a kind of a ringing endorsement of you know saying I'm backing the next management up natural thing for players when they walk away say look new management come in I'm going to have to impress this set all over again that's where probably Kilkenny was but there's a couple more years in this fella and um
You know, Dublin are going to need him against Galway.
They're going to need that kind of performance, that kind of bull thickness and the mental skills he brings to the game when he's in possession as well are top class.
I thought for a period this year when Dublin were going badly, I was saying, is he still playing the old game?
But by God, he's not.
No, he's playing the new game all the time.
Speak of injuries, Paul.
Did you notice there as well, Paul, at halftime and extra time, the dubs gathered in the shade in the circle and Kilkenny was like doing a yoga session with them.
There was a breathing exercise going on.
lacking in energy it's been a very very strange year for them you know it has like they've lost three championship games now and they're out obviously I think there was an awful lot of stock placed and a small bit of damage done in Killarney possibly even in that in that regard you know they kind of
I was talking to a lot of Donegal people the following week and they were criticising Kerry for booing Michael Murphy, etc, etc.
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