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This week’s guest on Behind the Lines is author and journalist Kieran Shannon.
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The only people interested in this are the media, and after sunday’s performance, it should now be pretty obvious to everyone kildare are a media fabrication anyway.
I think most most gaa people are interested in this story…I certainly am. You were interested enough to read the article and then still interested enough to post a comment….its all very interesting really
Thought someone might say that. Perhaps what I should have said is that it’s been grotesque overblown by the media, the same as the qualities of the Kildare football team.
Don’t think its been overblown to be honest. It’s a landmark transfer for the gaa and people are interested in how it all pans out (preferably badly for SJ, Kildare and Ciaran McGeeney). Anyway, you may get used to it as it will be high on the agenda for the next 2 weeks.