A MEMBER OF one of the most famous Kerry football families will start for the Dublin U21 football side in tomorrow night’s EirGrid Leinster quarter-final against Meath.
Cuala player Daragh Spillane, who is named at left half-back, is a son of Mick Spillane, who won seven All-Ireland senior football medals with Kerry
His uncle Pat, the noted RTÉ GAA pundit, claimed eight All-Ireland senior medals with Kerry and another uncle Tom was part of four triumphant outfits that won the Sam Maguire.
The Dublin team contains three members of the team that lost out to Tipperary in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.
Goalkeeper Lorcan Molloy, full-back Martin Cahilan and midfielder Andy Foley are the survivors from that side.
Full-forward Con O’Callaghan featured for the Dublin senior side against Kerry in the league last month while centre-forward Michael Deegan started in Dublin’s Leinster U21 final win over Meath in 2014.
Throw-in tomorrow night in Parnell Park is 7.30pm.
Dublin
1. Lorcan Molloy (St Annes)
2. David Bolger (Ballymun Kickhams)
3. Martin Cahilan (Cuala)
4. Eoin Smith (Skerries Harps)
5. Glenn O’Reilly (Na Fianna)
6. Sean McMahon (Raheny)
7. Darragh Spillane (Cuala)
8. Andy Foley (Clontarf)
9. Killian Deeley (Na Fianna)
10. Tom Lahiff (St Judes)
11. Michael Deegan (Donaghmore-Ashbourne)
12. Cillian O’Shea (Kilmacud Crokes)
13. Dara Mullin (Kilmacud Crokes)
14. Con O’Callaghan (Cuala)
15. Aaron Byrne (Na Fianna)
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And a Meath man playing at 11 too.
Born in Dublin and played with Erin’s Isle as a child until he moved to Meath.
I feel sick.
Wants to join the winning team and who can blame him
Pretty poor Dublin squad this year.
Look out Pat, your 8 medal all-Ireland football medal record could be under threat in the next few years from a couple of young Dubs who will be winning their 4th All-Ireland in 6 years this September
No. Just no.
Not sure about this one
Kerry U21s are hot favourites to win it out this year if they meet Dublin in the sem/ final the two Spillane cousins could end up marking one another as Toms son killian will be playing for kerry.