Kevin O’Neill, a member of the Down team that brought the Sam Maguire across the border for the first time, has died.
The Newry native was a defender on those trailblazing sides of 1960 and 1961, when Kerry and then Offaly were defeated in the All-Ireland finals.
O’Neill called time on his inter-county career after winning a second Celtic Cross but continued to play for his club Newry Mitchels, winning four Down SFC titles.
His younger brother Seán, a decorated forward during the 1960s, was also part of the Down team that in many ways changed the face of Gaelic football such was the vibrancy of their play.
Seán and 1960 captain Kevin Mussen are now the only surviving members of those All-Ireland winning sides.