‘You’re not seen as a turncoat if you’re going from Dublin to Wicklow’ – Close ties bind these two Leinster counties

An All-Ireland winner with his native Dublin in 1995, his first year on the squad after making a strong case with the U-21s the previous year, Whelan fell out of favour not long into Mickey Whelan’s reign. It didn’t take long for Wicklow to come calling or for Whelan to respond.