Jimmy Deenihan on Five-in-a-Row and other stuff

Why did Kerry’s great four in a row team never make it five?

Jimmy Deenihan thinks he knows the answer although he won’t say it directly:

The reason Kerry lost to Offaly in the 1982 All-Ireland is that he wasn’t playing.

Séamus Darby's goal in the 1982 All-Ireland final

 I’m too young to remember the match but growing up, my late father never tired of talking about it. He had been out of the country and landed home late on the final Sunday just in time to watch the highlights in a bar. He used to fondly recall jumping up and down screaming when Seamus Darby scored Offaly’s winning goal while bemused onlookers, who’d already had several hours to digest the upset, just assumed he was insane.