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Published 16:47 23 Sept 2015 BST
Updated 15:15 29 Jan 2019 GMT
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"We’re grown men, we play a physical sport. At the end of the day, the result is what ends it, we shake hands and get on with it." - Philly McMahonThe digital media reaction.

Newspapers.
Broadcast media.
https://soundcloud.com/offtheball/reaction-and-analysis-of-yesterdays-all-ireland
https://soundcloud.com/secondcaptains-it-com/dublin-rain-kerry-flop-japan-shock-ireland-cruise
And, here we are, a few days later, and despite the immediate nature of modern media, people are still talking about the incident.
https://twitter.com/PaulMcQuillan76/status/646629936711778304
So, although social media didn't exist back in 1975, surely the coverage of the fight between Ó Sé and Allen was just as all-consuming? Right?
Well, it seems not.
We've looked through the newspaper archives, and this is all we could find in reference to the fight:
It comes from The Kerryman newspaper, and reads:
"Play was held up following an incident in front of the stand, involving Paudie O'Shea and Denny Allen, with O'Shea flooring Allen in retaliation for a blow received, and this really had the crowd buzzing."Here's a reminder of what had "crowd buzzing" back in July 1975.
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