Soracha jokes with Daithi about '82 final as fest kicks off

WASHINGTON DC Rose Soracha McGrath joked her late grandfather PJ McGrath “always got good turf from Offaly” after he refereed the 1982 All-Ireland football final.

- BY SANDRA MALLON Showbiz Editor

The Faithful County beat Kerry with a controversial late goal, which her grandad always insisted was correct to stand.

The Dublin-born blonde was the first contestant interviewed by co-host Daithi 0 Se, who brought up the incident which he said made him cry as a six-year-old child. Wexford Rose and longtime competition superfan Cliona O'Leary told Kathryn Thomas that representing her county in Kerry was “better than winning the Lotto”.