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KINGDOM LEGEND MICK O’Dwyer says Seamus Darby’s last-gasp goal that denied Kerry the five-in-a-row in 1982 is a moment that still torments him 35 years on.

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O’Dwyer’s life is the subject of the excellent documentary, Micko, which airs Monday night on RTÉ One.

The 82-year-old speaks candidly about the pain of that defeat to Offaly, the death of his wife in 2012 and how old age has robbed him of the ability to speak on some days.

“I think of it at least once a week,” he says of Offaly’s All-Ireland final win in ’82.

“It’s still implanted in my mind.

“A little nudge made history.

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If you were well beaten, you’d be happy enough. We were so close, I felt sick. For two months after, I never left Waterville. I stayed in the house, put the tape (of the game) on, had a look at it and just saying to myself, ‘Pity we didn’t do this,