All-Ireland champions Kerry came away with eight football All-Star awards from Friday night’s awards ceremony at the RDS in Dublin. It is the biggest representation for a county since Tyrone also won eight four years ago.
David Clifford, earning his sixth All Star, moves closer to three other legendary Kerry forwards in the all-time list: Mikey Sheehy (seven), Colm Cooper (eight) and Pat Spillane (nine).
Clifford is joined in the team of the year by his brother Paudie, whose selection makes it the fourth time the brothers have been honoured in the same year, bringing the family’s All-Stars total to 10.
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Also chosen is Seán O’Shea, who together with the Cliffords posed all but unanswerable questions to
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