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A Kerry Legend Will Be Giving A Tour Of Croke Park This Weekend

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KERRY great Declan O’Sullivan will look back on his 11 year inter-county career in the green and gold jersey when he hosts a Legends Tour at GAA headquarters on the eve of Kerry’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final clash with Dublin.

The Dromid Pearses man will host a Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour at Croke Park on Saturday, August 27th at 2pm.

The Legends Tours offer fans a special opportunity to take a tour of Croke Park and hear, at first-hand, unique insights and anecdotes from players about the match day experience.

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Declan won five All-Ireland senior medals with Kerry and is one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of the modern era. He is one of only eight players to have lifted the Sam Maguire Cup twice as captain, doing so in 2006 and again in 2007.

O’Sullivan scored 8-83 in 70 Championship appearances for Kerry and collected three consecutive All-Star awards between 2007 and 2009. He has also won eight Munster senior titles and three National Leagues.

Tickets for the Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour with Declan O’Sullivan along with a full price list can viewed and purchased HERE

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VIDEO: Kerry Legend To Feature In GAA Documentary This Sunday

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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.

THERE will be a feast of Kerry GAA action on TG4 this Sunday.

Capping off an afternoon that will see live coverage of Kerry Allianz Hurling and Football games, the story of Declan O’Sullivan’s career will be told as part of the Laochra Gael series at 6:25pm.

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.

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.

Coverage will begin on Tg4 at 12pm. Kerry’s Allianz National Hurling league Division 1b game will throw in at 12:30 which will be followed by Kerry’s Allianz National Football Division 1 clash against Donegal.

 

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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
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A Kerry Legend Calls Time On His Playing Career

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Declan O’Sullivan in county championship action against Kilcummin in October. Photo by Dermot Crean

KERRY legend Declan O’Sullivan has announced he will no longer be playing football.

After undergoing knee surgery this morning the three-time All-Star made the announcement on Twitter, stating “After my op this morning sadly my football journey is over”.

The five time All-Ireland winner hung up his boots with Kerry at the end of last year citing persistent knee trouble.

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The 31-year-old ended his career on a high picking up a senior championship county title with South Kerry last month and his fifth in total.

This year, the Dromid Pearses clubman tasted coaching experience helping the Kerry minors achieve a back-to-back All-Ireland title alongside his former boss and neighbour, Jack O’Connor.

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Declan O’Sullivan Has Found A New Role With The Kerry Minors

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DECLAN O’Sullivan will be taking his first steps in inter-county coaching when he teams up with his old mentor and clubmate, Jack O’Connor, with the Kerry minor team.

This week, the Kerry minors are preparing to defend their Munster crown when they face Tipperary in the curtain raiser in Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday.

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The five time All-Ireland winner retired from the game at the end of last year at the age of 31, citing injuries which had taken their toll over an 11 year career.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, member of the management team Eamon Whelan said; “Declan has come in on a number of occasions and done drills and some work with the forward line”.

“He has been hugely energetic; he has shown a massive passion for the game. “I think that he has been outstanding with the lads and I think that the young fellows have responded to him” said Whelan.

“So as well has helping out, in the semi-final at the Austin Stack Park against Cork (he was) the eye in the stand,” he said.

“Declan has added a new dimension and while we as a management team are very happy that we work very well together, we feel that Declan’s input has enhanced the preparations,” he said.

This leap into coaching for O’Sullivan comes as no surprise. The three time All-Star has been active on the line over the last year or so both with his club Dromid Pearses and South Kerry.