It was a lot more amicable between Diarmuid Connolly and Lee Keegan in the shadow of Croke Park yesterday than it ever was within.
Arguably the two outstanding players for their respective counties of the past decade or so, their duels were among the most engaging elements of Gaelic football’s most enduring rivalry of the 2010s.
Bar a few words across the dinner table during a brief link-up with the Ireland team for a one-off International Rules Test in 2015, Connolly and Keegan had never spoken. Not even on the field.
