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Sat 09 Sep 2008Here's one old Tom who won't be easily trimmed or turned

SUMMER IN the Kingdom. Part One. The purple reeks preside to the left. St Finan's stark, grey walls look down from the right. Fitzgerald Stadium. The history and the setting scales down every succeeding generation and keeps great men humble.

Down on the rectangle of grass, in the waning light of a fine day, the footballers of Kerry go about their business.

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