Gavin O’Shea with his father Pat, the then Kerry manager, after Kerry won the 2007 All Ireland semi-final with Dublin at Croke Park Photo by David Maher / Sportsfile
He dropped it in so casually, so naturally, that if you weren’t aware, or paying special attention, it’d probably pass you by. The connection, though, is fairly hard to avoid. Something, we’re sure, he’s all too aware of.
Stories of fathers and sons litter the canon of words and writing for a reason. Every son has a father and, while each relationship is unique, there’s an understandable fascination for each of us with how that dynamic plays out in others.
