Viewers watching the Late Late Show on RTE were delighted to see Offaly legend Seamus Darby on Friday's GAA special, but were baffled why he was hardly asked a question during the show.

Darby was introduced by host Patrick Kielty to surprise Pat Spillane, who was also a guest on the show and was interviewed alongside the 2 Johnnies. The pair correctly answered three questions about Spillane's career, the last of which asked who scored the goal to stop Kerry doing five-in-a-row.

When they answered Darby, the 75-year-old was brought into the studio and a clip of the famous late goal in the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was shown. The goal was voted the third greatest moment in GAA history in 2005.

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However, shortly after the clip was shown, the show cut to an ad break and Darby was given hardly any opportunity to speak, with a large number of viewers taking to social media to ask why, reports the Irish Mirror.

One said: "Great show but thought it was very disrespectful to bring out Seamus Darby and then not talk to him."

Another commented: "Incredible disrespect shown to Seamus Darby tonight. Disgraceful really."

Someone else wrote: "Abysmal treatment of Seamus Darby tonight on Late Late Show."

"Very disrespectful to bring out Seamus Darby and not even talk to him," read another comment.

One other viewer posted: "So nice to see Seamus Darby on the Late Late Show. Just a pity he wasn’t asked a question."

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Someone else stated: "Bizarre segment with Seamus Darby, his story would be worth a listen."

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