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Niall Grimley will be somewhere high above the Atlantic with his Armagh team-mates when his parents, Brian and Frances, accept an award from the Gaelic Writers’ Association on his behalf in Dublin on Friday night.

Niall Grimley will be somewhere high above the Atlantic with his Armagh team-mates when his parents, Brian and Frances, accept an award from the Gaelic Writers Association on his behalf in Dublin tonight.

John Conlon says winning Liam MacCarthy this year was 'important for legacy and history'. Photo: Sportsfile

Created with Sketch. The Dublin midfielder has been at the centre of constant rumours around the capital over recent weeks about his future, along with several other of his very prominent team mates.

Created with Sketch. The Dublin midfielder has been at the centre of constant rumours around the capital over recent weeks about his future, along with several other of his very prominent team mates.

Dublin's Brian Fenton has retired from inter-county football at 31, leaving a seismic gap at midfield for the Sky Blues.

Assuming Ruben Amorim turns up at Portman Road this afternoon for his first big day on the new job, it will constitute a small triumph that he survived the holy mortifying embarrassment of one of his final duties at the old one.