Dara O'Cinneide Acceptance Speech - 2004 AIF

Dara O'Cinneide was Kerry's All-Ireland winning captain in the 2004 final against Mayo. He made his acceptance speech all as gaelige. Maith an Fear Dara!

Here is the speech in English.
"It lifts my heart to heavenly heights to accept the Sam Maguire Cup on behalf of the players, management, sponsors, and supporters of the Kingdom.
With a few years back we had nothing but heartbreak, tears and disappointment even for the Gaeltacht team on St. Patrick Day. That is all finished now I think. There are a few people I would like to thank. At first our selectors the man from Tralee, Ger O'Keeffe, and the man from Killarney, the old veteran Johnny Culloty. Now we come to our trainer, the great man from Waterford, Pat Flanagan. He had us working from the month of October to a few minutes ago. He directed us, advised us, and steered us upon the right road. We are very grateful to another great Gaeltacht man from Dromid Pearses the great Jack O'Connor, our manager. I cannot forget our medical team, there are so many of them it would not be right to mention any one of them in particular. There were a few old crocks among us whom they revitalised to new life.

Heartfelt thanks to our sponsors - the Kerry Group. We will be locking forward to a good holiday at the end of the year. Our thanks also to the Co. Board, Sean Walsh and all his officials who said at the beginning of the year that we would win.

Finally congratulate and sympathise at the same time to a wonderful Mayo team who played with heart and spirit. We fully understand what it means to lose a game like this. Three cheers for Mayo. Go raibh mile maith agaibh."