Kenny was so angry that he spoke of the aftermath of the rivals’ meeting in the 2016 showpiece at the Aviva Stadium — something no one at Dundalk had previously been willing to talk about.
Last year, footage emerged of another McNulty incident at the same Soho venue, after the Cup final, which was mostly directed at Ireland’s media for not giving Cork City enough credit.
Yet it was a phone call to skipper Stephen O’Donnell from a City player — while the Dundalk team bus was still in the ground — that truly annoyed Dundalk.
Kenny said: “This isn’t a one-off. Ringing Stephen O’Donnell last year after the Cup final on the bus going back and shouting down the phone and taunting . . . Stephen is the most successful captain in the modern times.
“He carries himself with great dignity. He’s won five league titles himself and been in two Europa Leagues. The last thing on our own minds when we’ve won, we’ve won the league here three times, we’ve won at the Aviva, we’ve been celebrating with each other.
“Then to be ringing someone to taunt them within an hour of that and screaming down the phone, why would you even bother doing that?
“I think you would think of celebrating with your family and your team-mates and enjoying that experience.”
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