![]() They beat Westmeath by two points but there was no draw for the semi-finals as the provincial rota in operation at the time deemed that they would meet Kerry. ![]() “Every week you waited for the draw and rubbed our hands when you got a team that you wanted,” recalls Conleith Gilligan, who lost his place after the Tyrone debacle and carved out a niche as an impact sub, before it was fashionable, for the rest of the campaign. READ MORE: All Ireland semi-final team news: Dublin unchanged as Killian Spillane misses out for KerryĬome the quarter-final, fortune smiled on them again as they were paired with Westmeath, fresh from winning their first ever Leinster title and all that went with it, when the alternatives were Kerry, Mayo and Armagh. When Kerry’s jousts with Ulster opposition at Croke Park in the 2000s are recalled, the 2004 meeting with Derry is largely forgotten.ĭerry had opened the Championship with a humbling 11-point defeat to reigning All-Ireland champions Tyrone in Ulster, but a series of favourable draws through the qualifiers - Wicklow, Cavan, Wexford and Limerick - set them on their way. The last time that Derry faced Kerry in an All-Ireland semi-final, they were almost made to feel like imposters by the end of it.
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