Second, what should have been a pretty low wattage League opener for the All-Ireland champions turned into anything but. Had Clifford and Kennedy not retrieved the game for Kerry in the dying moments, it would have cost them two important League points for starters. For the moment, O’Connor and Kerry have more pressing matters, like a trip to Ballyshannon next Sunday to face the beaten All-Ireland finalists. Said O’Connor: “We had that game won a couple of times and we just kept turning the ball over. That's just not in our game plan at all.”On Donegal, he smiled: “Sure they’ve hit the ground running, like they always do.

Source: Irish Examiner January 26, 2026 15:43 UTC