David Clifford's son Oigi steals the show in All-Ireland celebrations
Oigi joined his Dad during Gavin White's speech and was also present for David's post-game interview with RTE.
The youngster stole the show as he playfully interacted with the panel and as star midfielder Joe O'Connor was speaking to Joanne Cantwell, the RTE present joked: "Joe, there's a fella here trying to steal your limelight!"
A proud Oigi held his Dad's hand during the interview before going off to join the celebrations in front of Hill 16. Kerry's David Clifford celebrates with his son Ogie
Clifford would go on to score 0-09 during the final as he cements himself as one of the game's true greats.
"We won the All-Ireland here in 2022 with a lot of the same team, and maybe you fall into the trap of thinking it's going to happen every year," the sharp-shooting forward told RTE.
"Personally, dealing with the disappointment of 2023 and obviously least year losing out to Armagh as well we put a massive emphasis of getting back this year without every actually mentioning the All-Ireland.
"One performance at a time is what we said and we tried to stick to it. We had to reevaluate after the Meath game but we're massively proud how we came back after the Meath game."
Clifford was asking about the team feeling disrepsected and said that Kerry couldn't avoid the noise.
"Absolutely, I don't think anyone goes out to read articles or anything like that but they'll get to you. Obviously, no one likes it but it's no good feeling sorry for yourself. You have to go out and prove that they are wrong. As good as our last two performances were, if we didn't get over the line, it would have been all for nothing."
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