Tyrone star Kieran McGeary says luck didn’t fall in the Red Hands’ favour in their All-Ireland SFC semi-final defeat to Kerry last weekend.

Malachy O’Rourke’s side bowed out of the championship with a 2-25 to 0-27 defeat at Croke Park, where 0-10 from substitute Darren McCurry nearly got them over the line against the holders

Speaking to BelfastLive.co.uk, McGeary said that Tyrone weren’t listening to the outside noise ahead of their battle against the All-Ireland champions.

 “We didn't care what the general public thought - genuinely didn't care. If you're going to come down with no confidence you may as well stay at home,” said the 2021 All-Ireland winner.

“That wasn't a factor. A couple of experts, all the experts had ruled us out. Their own records maybe wouldn't be deadly in Kerry either so take a look at that.

“It was nip and tuck there. The game plan was going well. I don't even know the minute exactly but it was going well, point behind.

“I think that they got a couple of simple ones. I haven't seen any replays yet, but overturned that ’45, Pete Teague’s arm pulled off the clean catch…small decisions, you can't plan for that.

“Paddy (Neilan) did a good job and it's not easy the tempo of the game, but it's those factors you can't plan for.

“We'd done what we wanted to do to that point and then luck didn't fall in our favour. It is what it is.”

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