{"id":442291,"date":"2026-05-10T21:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/442291\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:32:09","slug":"geaney-reflects-on-poignancy-of-lifting-paidi-o-se-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/442291\/","title":{"rendered":"Geaney reflects on poignancy of lifting P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9 Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kerry&#8217;s latest Munster SFC title win was particularly poignant for captain Paul Geaney who lifted the trophy which now bears the name of his late father-in-law P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time All-Ireland winner Geaney was unable to play any part in the game due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>But in the aftemath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/football\/2026\/0510\/1572586-kerry-fend-off-cork-to-seal-munster-sfc-six-in-a-row\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the 1-23 to 1-15 victory over perennial rivals Cork<\/a>, Geaney was on hand to receive the trophy from his son P\u00e1id\u00ed &#8211; the grandson of the late, great eight-time All-Ireland winner \u00d3 S\u00e9 who passed away aged 57 in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It was a special moment for the Kingdom and for Geaney as he told RT\u00c9 Sport&#8217;s Damien O&#8217;Meara at full-time in Killarney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously you want to be playing here but I suppose second prize we got over the line and got to lift the cup there on a momentous day for the family, named in honour of P\u00e1id\u00ed, this man&#8217;s grandfather,&#8221; he said, motioning towards his son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a nice touch to have that name after him and it was nice that Kerry got their hands on it for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">&#8220;It was a nice touch to have that name after him and it was nice that Kerry got their hands on it for the first time&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kerry captain Paul Geaney speaks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/damien_omeara\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@damien_omeara<\/a> about the poignancy of lifting the Corn Ph\u00e1id\u00ed U\u00ed Sh\u00e9 cup and shares an update into his injury <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aff8p9lQGu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aff8p9lQGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSundayGame\/status\/2053543621643641019\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old added: It just shows what P\u00e1id\u00ed did for Kerry, West Kerry and Munster football in general.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Geaney also shared an insight into the soft tissue injury to his calf that kept him from involvement on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It happened last week and I wasn&#8217;t sure until maybe Thursday if I was good or not and I was just ruled out for this weekend which is unfortunate,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we&#8217;ll try our best. The beauty of the championship is it allows space for the club season but the other side of it is one injury can cost you a couple of games, so we&#8217;ll see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kerry&#8217;s latest Munster SFC title win was particularly poignant for captain Paul Geaney who lifted the trophy which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-442291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}