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Joe O'Connor: 'He’s ahead of the curve. Doesn’t give a f*ck what people think or say about him'

Joe O'Connor is the new star of Rock Street. Kieran Donaghy says of him: 'He’s a bit like a Michael Darragh Macauley. His own person, authentic, yet will do anything for you and the team to the point of exhaustion'

Sun, 27 Jul, 2025 - 06:48

Kieran Shannon

Well, Kieran Donaghy, what did you think of that?

Maybe it’s a Stacks thing, a townie thing. Or maybe it was because there was a whiff of Donegal again in the air. But when Joe O’Connor was presented with yet another man of the match award after the All-Ireland semi-final win over Tyrone, there were echoes of a certain 2014 post-match interview in how the latest Rolls Royce to come off the production line in Kerry spoke.

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