Dublin versus Kerry. Three words that conjure up an entire world. This history exists in colour and in three dimensions. We see Kevin Moran, Mikey Sheehy and Paddy Cullen; Maurice Fitzgerald, Stephen Cluxton, Bernard Brogan. They are prize fights, epic battles in Gaelic football that are about more than two teams playing a game: they tell us something about who we are. They were handed down to you as part of your inheritance as a Dublin footballer. Nobody would educate you on the Dublin-Kerry rivalry because it would always be assumed you understood. If my heart rate was being measured…

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