All-Ireland speeches can be fairly drab affairs. There’s a plethora of people to thank. The beaten team usually gets the rather patronising three cheers and the referee and officials are thanked for their efforts.
Fossa captain Paudie Clifford tore up the script in spectacular fashion on Sunday after the Kerry side defeated Stewartstown by three points in Sunday’s All-Ireland Club Junior Football Championship Final at Croke Park.
Much of the pre-match attention had centred on Clifford and his brother David following their exploits with the Kerry seniors this season.