I was 21 when I made my championship debut for Dublin. And I was clueless. It was 2008 and Dublin were prepared to take a risk on whatever it was they saw in me. I struggled in training. I took time to get up to speed with what was expected. I wasn’t alone. Eoghan O’Gara was another who — and I don’t think he would mind me saying this — also benefited from a certain forgiving outlook at the time. There were others in those years who were also allowed to develop. Michael Darragh MacAuley became a monster on the…
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