The Ulster county went on to lift the Sam Maguire Cup after both of those, but they will require one of the great Tyrone performances to topple a Kerry side who are flying high after their astonishing dismantling of Armagh in the quarter-finals.

Jack O'Connor will manage Kerry in a seventh senior final later this month while Malachy O'Rourke felt his side struggled to win frees in Saturday's semi-final defeat

AT one stage it seemed a glorious 12th was on the cards for Tyrone. When Darragh Canavan’s two-pointer early in the second half split the Kerry posts hopes were high that it would be the launching-pad for a memorable victory.