GAA fans were treated to a 'cracking' episode of Laochra Gael tonight as Kildare legend Dermot Earley starred in the latest instalment on TG4.
The incredible documentary looked back on the Kildare great's GAA career as well as his father's death in 2010.
Viewers took to Twitter as he bravely spoke about his battle with testicular cancer in 2002 at the age of 23.
One said: "Another cracking episode of @Laochra_Gael @dermotearley One of the finest Gaelic Footballers this country has produced."
Another added: "This is turning out to be another top class #LaochraGael again tonight, emotional stuff".
"Laochra Gael outdoing itself once again, Dermot Earley. I loved watch him play towering over others. He had his battles on and off the field no doubt ,what a man as much as a player," one said.
"What a great player Dermot Earley was! A Kildare legend," one summarised.
As well as reflecting on his storied career, Earley opened up on his battle with testicular cancer in 2002.
“I felt a lump where I shouldn’t have a lump,” Earley said in the documentary.
“I went to see an oncologist in Galway in late January on a Friday afternoon. After an ultrasound, he said, ‘Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s cancerous. We’re going to operate on Monday.'”
“It really taught me the importance of being resilient and taking things that happen, life throws a lot of things at you, taking it on the chin and saying, ‘Right, what can I do to get over this?’”
He added: “What goes through your head, first of all ‘Am I going to be OK? Will I be able to have kids? Will you be able to have a relationship?’
“When you’re young, all these things start going through your head when you discover a lump in one of your testicles. It’s a shock because, at the time, you’re pretty much feeling invincible.
“Football just gets pushed to the side because it’s not important any more. Your health is more important.
“I did require about five weeks of radiotherapy. Every day, I’d get half an hour of this radiotherapy on my stomach. You’d feel a bit of sickness but nothing major.”
