Dessie Farrell has described Dublin’s more experienced players as “a pretty phenomenal group” after the team’s latest All-Ireland SFC success.

Having been there for the breakthrough under Pat Gilroy in 2011, Stephen Cluxton, James McCarthy, Michael Fitzsimons, Philly McMahon, Kevin McManamon, Michael Darragh Macauley and Cian O’Sullivan all now have eight All-Ireland medals to their name following Saturday's win over Mayo at Croke Park.

Speaking to Off The Ball, Farrell reckons that they are due greater credit for their achievements in the game.

"They are a pretty phenomenal group in terms of how they keep applying themselves and can continuously go to the well and seek out more and more of themselves," said the Dublin boss.

"I'm sorry for them in many ways that that narrative is out there. We get it, of course, and it is important to have that debate about the future of the GAA and we don't want to stifle or stymie that.

"But in some situations I think it is lost what these great players have done and how they've become such a special group. It is a special era for Dublin football and I remember all the barren, barren years we had and this era [has produced] a special bunch and we are very happy to have them."

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