This week’s guest is Kerry GAA great Dara Ó Cinnéide. Dara writes a column with the Irish Examiner and works with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, but you’ll know him best as Kerry’s All-Ireland winning captain from 2004.
We figured it would be interesting to get another perspective on writing: what is it like to write columns having been the subject of others’ for years?
We also figured Dara might be able to dispel a few myths: has he ever actually seen newspaper headlines and articles pinned to the dressing room wall? And do players really not read what’s written about them in the press?
He answered those questions and a lot, lot more across the course of the conversation: he remembers some of the great characters from his playing career, including Páidí Ó Sé and Ciarán McDonald; he recalls his sole, prophetic meeting with Con Houlihan; and we also chat about the growing sterility in players’ dealings with the media.
Dara’s picks were: The Lifelong Season by Keith Duggan; Over the Bar by Breandán Ó hEithir; and “Gareth Edwards and Ireland’s Century” by Con Houlihan
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