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Another Kerry Legend To Feature On TG4 Documentary Series

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Declan O'Sullivan playing one his last games with South Kerry last year. Photo by Dermot Crean.
Declan O’Sullivan playing one his last games with South Kerry last year. Photo by Dermot Crean.

RECENTLY retired from football, Declan O’Sullivan will, like so many greats of the game, get the ‘Laochra Gael’ treatment on TG4.

The show is the third of the series and will air at 5.55pm on Sunday, March 6.

The long running GAA documentary series looks at the careers of legends of both football and hurling.

Previously it has featured great Kerrymen such as Pat Spillane, ‘Ogie’ Moran, Jack O’Shea, ‘Bomber Liston and many more.

O’Sullivan is one of a the more recent breed of Kerry footballers to be featured.

Eleven years in green and gold and five All-Ireland senior medals later, the Dromid man has a story worth telling.

The three-time-All-Star called time on his inter-county career at the end of 2014 and retired from the game completely last December after undergoing surgery. Sadly, at the age of 32, the surgery could do nothing to extend his career.

Each of the 10 new programmes in the new season of Laochra Gael contains an extended interview with the subject, archive footage of his finest hour on the pitch and an assessment from friends, rivals and team-mates.

Last July, TG4’s ‘Laochra Gael’ Twitter account dropped a hint when they posted a photo of Declan in front of the camera, captioned “The ultimate Kerry footballer on set…”

Full list of shows for new series below…

  • JJ Delaney (Kilkenny), 5.55pm, Sunday 21 February
  • Ken McGrath (Waterford), 5.55pm, Sunday 28 February
  • Declan O’Sullivan (Kerry), 5.55pm, Sunday 6 March
  • Richie Bennis, 5.55pm, Sunday 13 March
  • Stephen McDonnell (Armagh), 5.55pm, Sunday 20 March
  • Eoin Kelly (Tipperary), 5.55pm, Sunday 27 March
  • John Allen (Cork), 5.55pm, Sunday 3 April
  • Trevor Giles (Meath), 5.55pm, Sunday 10 April
  • Annette Clarke (Galway), 5.55pm, Sunday 17 April
  • The Meehans (Galway), 5.55pm, Sunday 24 April