In his 2005 autobiography, Dessie Farrell wrote how Kerry were responsible for “the first day of many that ended with me leaving Croke Park in a pretty dark mood”.
He was referring to the All-Ireland minor final of 1988. Farrell had hit 8-8 en route to the decider and was the star turn on a Dublin team that was hotly fancied to regain the Tom Markham Cup.
But Kerry shut down their vaunted attack and won comfortably. They limited Dublin to just 0-5, with Farrell contributing only 0-1. He and Brian Barnes had fed off full-forward Senan Moylan all year and Kerry just cut out the source.
