Seán Moran: 2025 was a GAA year of evolution, when skill was rewarded over brawn
Football benefited richly from new rules as hurling fans watched transfixed at unlikely Tipperary success
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Awards ceremony is so far after season ends most fans have trouble remembering which players stood out
Jack O’Connor: ‘For whatever reason, this one seemed to matter more to Kerry people’
Five-time winning manager believes this season was David Clifford’s best to date
Donegal pip champions Kerry with 10 All Star nominations
David Clifford, Joe O’Connor and Michael Murphy nominated for Footballer of the Year
David Clifford calls for Jack O’Connor to stay on as Kerry manager
Clifford lands POTM award for July while Tipperary’s John McGrath takes hurling prize
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Donegal were staggeringly flat – they never laid a hand on Kerry
Few could have predicted Kerry’s dominance after just 12 minutes of play
Ciarán Murphy: Kerry have pointed us to Gaelic football’s bright future
To attend the All-Ireland final was to get a reminder of what makes this sport so important
Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry came to win Sam Maguire, Donegal came to see if they could hang in the fight
The ultimate example came at the start of both halves - Gavin White steamed on to the ball while Donegal players were caught on their heels
Kerry meet the moment to blow Donegal away for one of the sweetest All-Irelands they’ve ever won
Jack O’Connor: ‘We weren’t going to sit back and just see what they had to offer. We were really going after them’
All-Ireland football final: Kerry clinch title with win over Donegal - as it happened
Departing Jack O’Connor won his fifth All-Ireland with the Kingdom
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While some players may see it as a burden, the high king of forwards wears his crown lightly going in to his fourth All-Ireland final
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Jim McGuinness’s men know Sam Maguire will be in their sights if they limit impact of gifted forward
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