I see cattle were part of the secret to success for young footballer of the year, Finbarr Roarty.

He revealed that some of his full-back line prowess was down to a childhood herding cattle on the family farm.

The Donegal inter-county footballer could be on to something as himself and all four of his brothers all play in the backs.

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How long before we see specialist defending schools set up on suckler farms?

Staying with All-Star winning corner backs, I heard former Kerry All-Ireland winning captain Jimmy Deenihan is still quick out of the blocks. Minister Martin Heydon received an invite to the Listowel Food Fair after receiving his seal of office.

Jimmy compared Kerry’s Sam Maguire famine of four or five years to Kildare’s fortunes and almost resulted in the food fair becoming a football one.

Hitting back in jest that Kildare were happy to have the global innovation centre for Kerry in Naas, he added that it was mentioned to him that its location on the side of the motorway was an annoyance to Kerry folk going to the All-Ireland every year.