Darragh Ó Sé

Darragh Ó Sé

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Darragh Ó Sé won six All-Ireland titles during a glittering career with Kerry. Darragh writes exclusively for The Irish Times every Wednesday.

Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry need major reconstructive surgery to deny Cork redemption

Mayo were not flawless last weekend but still dispatched Kerry, and that raises a lot of questions

Darragh Ó Sé: Penalties show the value of a goalkeeper like Odhrán Lynch

if you can’t win a match in normal time, or after extra-time, that’s what the penalty shootout is for.

Darragh Ó Sé: Cliffords’ dedication to Kerry football plain for all to see

Brothers decided to honour their mother Ellen by playing the Munster final against Clare

Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin should have to play by the rules like anyone else

With so many games left at least now we know who is playing against who

Darragh Ó Sé: The long road back for Meath has already begun, they can’t fall any lower than this

Does Colm O’Rourke wish he was back in Montrose giving out about Meath? It’d be easier than what he’s facing now

Darragh Ó Sé: Why Dublin are my All-Ireland favourites this year, even ahead of Kerry

Stephen Cluxton’s re-entry to the intercounty scene is a head-scratcher – but it might work

Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry had to win this one to keep the show on the road

Galway's forwards failed to fire and left brilliant Walsh with too much to do

Darragh Ó Sé's player-by-player guide to the Kerry team

Gavin White named to start All-Ireland final against Galway on Sunday

Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry’s greater scope for improvement makes them favourites to beat Galway

Beating Dublin while not being at their best means Kerry have plenty to work on for the final against Galway

Darragh Ó Sé: Fairytale stuff for Galway but Kerry are in a good place going into the final

Pádraic Joyce got it tactically spot on against Derry by never allowing them to play the game on their own terms

Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry have to stop the rot - another Dublin defeat would be a catastrophe

Semi-final hangs on the availability of James McCarthy and Con O’Callaghan - if they play, Dublin win

Darragh Ó Sé: The worst thing about Sunday’s melee is politicians making hay out of it

Nobody is defending Tiernan Kelly but spare me the likes of Micheál Martin, Charlie Flanagan and Catherine Martin scoring political points out of it all

Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry have not beaten anyone and Dublin have the medals to top my rankings

The eight remaining teams in the football championship ranked ahead of quarter-finals

Darragh Ó Sé: McGeeney and Donaghy at the heart of why Armagh are playing with freedom

People have the wrong idea of the Armagh manager - he’s not an ogre, he’s the exact opposite

Darragh Ó Sé: Tyrone’s awful defence of their All-Ireland will rankle for a long time

Player defections, emotional rollercoasters, a soft All-Ireland - it’s going to take Tyrone a while for them to work out where it all went wrong