Michael Murphy’s greatness lay in his self-sacrifice for Donegal

There is an image in people’s heads of what a full forward should look like. If we are all too young to remember Nicky Rackard in his pomp, we can at least picture Eoin “Bomber” Liston and Tony Doran in Croke Park in the 1970s, causing havoc under the dropping ball.

We interviewed the actor Brendan Gleeson last year, and when he told us he had played Gaelic football for St Finian’s in Swords once upon a time, we all immediately came to the same conclusion. Edge of the square, right? And of course, that’s exactly where he played.