Darragh Speaking

"There's a lot of dirty petrol coming out."
- After a five-point victory over Galway at Pearse Stadium in the National Football League. April, 2008.

"The biggest thing I rued, in all those years, I think, was the club championship with An Ghaeltacht when we didn't win. We'd a better team in 2001 and we probably should have won that. But I suppose you never enjoy the good things till you lose the other things."
... - Yesterday on radio

Changes from 1993 to 2010?

"I think there's a lot of emphasis on the papers and the press. There's a lot of papers now. When I started out in 1993, there were three or four papers there and now there's about 10. And a lot of coverage done on matches and therefore there's more pressure on players. I suppose there's also a lot more emphasis on fitness, when I started you'd have three or four pints and mix with the other team after the match. That's over now. Maybe it's a good thing. But maybe a halfway point. Television is the biggest thing, I suppose, in the last few years. The game's gotten very fast too. Very fast and you have to be fit to play, that's another thing, I'm not as quick as I used to be."

" . . , in Kerry you have the rumour machine. It is crazy. Everyone gets sucked in, like your man in Willy Wonka getting sucked into the machine. Everyone in the county is like that."
... - The Irish Times interview, Sept, 2009

"That was the carrot, but at the end of the day, I'm 33 now; I'll be 34 next year and it's not easy to keep going. As I say, I have no decision made. I'm going to tease it out and see where I am later on in the year. Obviously, I'll have to make a decision sooner rather than later, but we'll make that decision too in time."
... - San Francisco All Star tour, Dec, 2008

"We would not be playing as well as we feel we could. We are in the All-Ireland final so we certainly turned it around. To an extent."
- Cautioned by piseógs. August, 2006

What They Said...

“The heartbeat of Kerry for so long. What bigger accolade is there than that? True, Seamus Moynihan had his day but Darragh drove it on. He was the one to win you ball to go to work with it…

Paul McGrane - Former Armagh midfielder

"He is the best midfielder of his generation – for the last 12, 13 years and in many people's mind he is right up there with the all-time Kerry great midfielders…so you can't get any more plaudits than that…
Jack O'Connor - Two-term Kerry manager

"When the history is written of the game there is no doubt he will be included as one of the greats. An extraordinary presence on the field, he had a command of the skills of the game…
Seán Boylan - Former Meath manager

Big days sometimes inspire some people and frighten others. It certainly inspired Darragh Ó Sé…There were controversial moments here and there but it was all in the cause of Kerry…
John O'Mahony - Mayo manager

Darragh Ó Sé

Born- April 1, 1975
Debut for Kerry in 1993 NFL versus Donegal. Championship debut versus Limerick, 1994.

Honours
All-Ireland SFC: 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009.
Munster SFC: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007.
NFL Division One: 1996-97, 2006, 2009.
NFL Division Two: 2002.
Munster Club Senior Football Championship: 2003.
Kerry Senior Football Championship: 2001, 2003.
Kerry County Club Football Championship: 2001, 2002, 2005.
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1995, 1996.
All Stars: Three.