Turas Siar 348 - Caitlín: 1884, Cusóig agus an CLG.

Dar leis féin, na cluichí is fearr a bhfaca sé riamh ná '91 idir Baile Átha Cliath agus Contae na Mí agus an t-imreoir is fearr a bhfaca sé riamh.

According to himself, the best games he ever saw were '91 between Dublin and Meath and the best player he ever saw...

Ná Mick O'Connell agus bhí sé ó Valencia agus d'imir sé le foireann Ciarraí ó naoi déag caoga sé go naoi déag seachtó ceathair. Tá sé ráite ag daoine gurb é O'Connell ceann de na himreoirí is fearr riamh a d'imir peil Gaelach agus aontaíonn Pádraic go mór leis an ráiteas sin.

Mick O'Connell was from Valentia and he played with the Kerry team from 1956 to 1974. It has been said by people that O'Connell is one of the best players ever to have played Gaelic football and Pádraic strongly agrees with that statement.

D'inis Pádraic dom chomh maith gur imir Mick O'Connell i 10 cluiche ceannais na hÉireann agus gur chaill sé sé cinn acu ach choinnigh sé air i gcónaí ag imirt ar a seacht ndícheall gan dabht t-imreoir den chéad scoth a bhí ann a d'fhág chuile rud ar an pháirc nuair a d'imir sé cluiche.

Pádraic also told me that Mick O'Connell played in 10 All-Ireland finals and that he lost six of them but he always kept playing to the best of his ability, without a doubt he was a top-class player who left everything on the field when he played a game.

Anois go raibh maith agat an chéad duine eile chuir mé an cheist air ná mo deartháir.

Now thank you the next person I asked the question to was my brother.

Pádraic Ó Murchú agus d'inis Pádraic dom gur cheap sé féin gurb é an cluiche leathcheannais i 2012. Idir Maigh Eo agus Baile Átha Cliath an cluiche is fearr a bhfaca sé riamh agus sa deireadh bhí an scór Maigh Eo náid 19 Baile Átha Cliath náid a sé déag. Tar éis seo bhí Maigh Eo réidh le dul i gcoinne Dún na nGall le cluiche ceannais na hÉireann b'shin lá eile faraor agus an t-imreoir is fearr a phioc Pádraic ná

Pádraic Ó Murchú and Pádraic told me that he himself thought that the best match he ever saw was the 2012 semi-final between Mayo and Dublin, and in the end the score was Mayo 0-19, Dublin 0-16. After this, Mayo were ready to go against Donegal in the All-Ireland final—that was another day, unfortunately—and the best player Pádraic picked was...

Matt Connor, Contae Uíbh Fhailí D'imir sé lena chlub áitiúla Welchland agus bhí sé ar fhoireann Uíbh Fhailí '70 ocht go naoi déag ochtó ceathair nuair a d'imir sé go Uíbh Fhailí sa chluiche sa chluiche leathcheannais i naoi déag ochtó. Fuair sé dhá chúl agus naoi cúilín agus dúradh tar éis an cluiche seo gur thaispeántas den chéad scoth a bhí ann. Tá sé ábalta an liathróid a bhualadh lena dhá chos.

Matt Connor, County Offaly He played with his local club Welchland and he was on the Offaly team from 1978 to 1984 when he played for Offaly in the semi-final in 1980. He scored two goals and nine points and it was said after this game that it was a top-class performance. He is able to kick the ball with both feet.

Anois chuir mé an cheist chéanna ar mo mhac Seán Mac Fheartaigh agus d'inis Seán dom gurb é an cluiche thíos i Luimnigh 2014 an cluiche is fearr a bhfaca sé riamh athimirt a bhí ann idir Maigh Eo agus Ciarraí.

Now I asked the same question to my son Seán Mac Fheartaigh and Seán told me that the best game he ever saw was the replay in Limerick in 2014 between Mayo and Kerry.

Ba cluiche é, bhí a lán de scóranna iontach agus bhí a lán scóranna ann ag deireadh ama.

It was a game, there were a lot of great scores and there were a lot of scores at the end of the time.

D'imir, d'imir an dhá fhoireann lena gcroí ó séideadh an fheadóg go tús ó tús go deireadh, dar leis. Ba é an taispeántas peile is fearr a bhí ann idir James O'Donoghue, Ciarraí, a bhuaigh imreoir na bliana an bhliain sin agus Kate Higgins, a fuair gradam Alster sa bhliain 2014 chomh maith. Bhuail Aidan Ó Sé agus Cillian O'Connor a gcuid cloigeann le chéile agus gortaíodh iad agus bhí an bheirt acu ag teacht is ag imeacht mar Blodsubs.

Both teams played with their hearts from the blowing of the whistle at the start to the end, according to him. It was the best football display there was between James O'Donoghue, Kerry, who won player of the year that year, and Kate Higgins, who also received the Ulster award in 2014. Aidan O'Shea and Cillian O'Connor clashed heads and were injured and both of them were coming and going as blood subs.

D'imir siad am bhreise mar sin bhí siad trí Aoine ag deireadh an chluiche ach tar éis am breise an scór deireanach a bhí ann nó Maigh Eo trí trí déag Ciarraí trí sé déag.

They played extra time so they were three points ahead at the end of the game but after extra time the final score was Mayo 3-13, Kerry 3-13.